By Steven Feldman

ORLANDO, FLA.—Flooring America/Flooring Canada members, more than ever, need to increase their focus on driving traffic through their doors and converting those leads into sales. That was the theme of... more

By Emily Hooper

ORLANDO, FLA.—Carpet One has never been a group to sit back on its heels, and its recent convention here did nothing but substantiate that claim. After a year or two of focusing on containing costs and renegotiating leases and agreements, the group is launching an... more

COLUMBIA, MD.—Insurance provider Zurich has announced its ongoing support of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) by offering a dollar-for-dollar donation match to its... more

All Tile held an open house to celebrate its new facility in Elk Grove Village, Ill., and the distributorship’s 40th anniversary. The event, held in October 1988, attracted many retailers and all of... more

DALTON—Keeping up with new courses and ideas from Mohawk University just got easier. Mohawk University is now publishing a newsletter, “MU News,” that the mill believes will help floor covering professionals find... more

By Sarah Zimmerman

A key strategy to maintaining margins— even in this less-than-desirable climate—is utilizing brand power. Manufacturers have invested time, energy and money in building brand recognition for decades, and they highly... more

DALTON—As the green movement continues to sweep across the residential landscape, home builders and designers are seeking more ways to meet this demand by constructing houses that are... more

By Steven Feldman

OMAHA, NEB.—One year into its launch into the specialty retail channel, Avaire interlocking floating porcelain tile is building momentum much in the manner that glueless laminate, hardwood and LVT did in... more

By Matthew Spieler

BEIJING—With intellectual property (IP) and patent protection a hot topic over the last decade, a new Web portal, China IP Law Search, has been launched. The free search tool, located at... more

DENVER—After nearly 40 years, the well-known Molly Brown House, here, has decided to replace its worn Karastan 717 Multicolor Panel Kirman carpet— originally installed in 1971—with…the exact same thing. Kelly Rasmussen said... more