By Ken Ryan

Paul Murfin, vice president of sales at Armstrong, posed this question to a panel of distributors at a trade show last fall: Does the distributor come to work each day with the goal of executing the manufacturer’s plan or does he... more

By Emily Hooper

ANN ARBOR, MICH.—NSF International, the non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that drafted NSF 140-2007: the Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard, has developed a similar standard for... more

By P.J. Quinn

Following the addition of two new brands in 2009, CBC Flooring laid the foundation for an aggressive five-year growth strategy centering on sourcing green flooring from around the world that meets the requirements of contractors, architects and designers. At the same time, officials say... more

This photo, sent to us by Jon Pierce, general manager of Pierce Flooring & Design in Billings, Mont., was taken 25 years ago in Chicago. The event was a Comspec meeting, a fledgling association of flooring contractors. Pierce identified most of the members, the rest is up to you... more

By Matthew Spieler

HICKSVILLE, N.Y.—Shaw Industries has entered the resilient business, thus stretching its portfolio of products to every floor covering category the industry offers, and joining the likes of... more

By Steven Feldman

ADAIRSVILLE, GA.—In a retail group arena that boasts divisions of CCA Global Partners, Alliance Flooring and Abbey Carpet, Preferred Brands may not be considered a household name, but what it may lack in brand awareness is more than offset by... more

By Matthew Spieler

SHANGHAI—While the legitimacy and/or necessity of various green movement initiatives can be debated, recent laws, standards and regulations enacted at both the federal and state levels in the U.S., as well as in other parts of the world, have made it clear that... more

By P.J. Quinn

In a commercial marketplace overloaded with sustainable floor coverings, specifying a product that meets green building requirements can e a long and confusing process for architects, designers and end users. But when it comes to choosing a carpet tile that offers... more

By Liz Switzer

The horizon for sustainable development has broadened as LEED has become mainstream, but what lies beyond is open for discovery. Global architecture firm HOK has that horizon clearly in view... more

By Liz Switzer

Today’s built environment is awash with green claims, or greenwashing, as the practice of whitewashing ecological truths about products has come to be called. But no matter what the product back story, in the absence of... more