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By Jeff Keeling Johnson City Press Business Editor Private investors buying the Johnson City Tarkett Wood plant hope to restore the hardwood flooring operation to the competitiveness and strong reputation it enjoyed for most of the 20th century as Harris Flooring... more
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This photo was taken at the annual Installation of Officers of the Long Island Floor Covering Club in 1980. Posing at that dinner 27 years ago were Milt Gussoff, left, of D. I. S. Carpet, Flushing, N. Y.; Sherry Reisman of Hayim & Co., and Marty Silver, legal advisor to the LIFCC... more
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Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada—Effective immediately, Belknap White Alcco will distribute Mirage-branded hardwood flooring in New England and upstate New York. Belknap will cover Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont in addition to parts of New York... more
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By Steven Feldman Hicksville, N.Y.—Hoboken Floors is shutting its doors after 77 years in business. In what came as no surprise to many knowledgeable observers, the industry’s largest distributor gave termination notices to 120 people Oct... more
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By Matthew Spieler Minneapolis—StarNet unveiled a new slogan, logo and way of thinking at its Fall Membership Meeting, here, in a move to better showcase its growing international interest and ability to form alliances with different levels of the industry... more
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Cliff Marshall was a carpet installer by trade. He was making a decent living until he fractured his neck and was out of work for two years. Needless to say, times became tough. “I wondered what I would do. We almost lost... more
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By Sarah Zimmerman (Second of two parts) The average customer will shop at least three stores prior to making a flooring selection, noted Len Zimmerman, president of Classic Carpets & Interiors in Greenville, S.C... more
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Calhoun, Ga.—The Faus Group and Unilin have settled their legal disputes. The cases, which included actions in both Europe and North America, revolved around patents owned by each company... more
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Fostoria, Ohio—Tuflex, a prominent rubber flooring manufacturer, has entered into an exclusive sales, marketing and distribution agreement with Roppe Corp. and Flexco that takes effect Nov. 6... more
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Calhoun, Ga.—The Faus Group has put together a Design Advisory Board to help in product development concepts in its quest to offer customers products that meet the hottest consumer trends... more
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