St. Louis—Solutia’s newly expanded Rewards for Life retail salesperson incentive program offers retailers and their salespeople more reasons to promote the value of higher-margin branded carpet to the consumer. For the first time ever, the program, which runs through Dec... more

Dalton—To help consumers better understand the green attributes and environmental benefits of many of its new products, Shaw has developed point-of-sale materials specifically highlighting these areas... more

Calhoun, Ga.—Let’s get this party started. Nearly 100 guests including state and local representatives came out to help Nourison celebrate the opening of its 300,000 square foot carpet and rug warehouse and distribution center... more

2006 Hardwood flooring... more

2006 Floor Covering sales by category... more

Breakdown of Carpet Material Recycled by Fiber Type, Goals for Post-Consumer Carpet Recovery... more

2066 Total floor covering units by category (in square feet)... more

2006 Industry market share statistics (both units & dollars) for each flooring category... more

This graph appeared in Floor Covering News 20 years ago and it’s fitting that we reprise it in this special Statistics Issue. Two decades ago, in the issue of Sept. 28, 1987, we tracked three years of carpet and rug shipments, in both units and dollars... more

Breakdown of soft surface and hard surface sales... more