As sure as death and taxes, there are two certainties when you spend three days covering NeoCon: 1. You’ll sleep well each night after spending a good portion of your day in the stairwells in lieu of waiting for elevators, and 2... more

WELCOME BACK: After an absence of 10 years, I received a Famous Fritz Postcard informing me that my old friend is returning to the helm at Host/Racine Industries... more

Bruce Buckwold is not a household name. He likes it that way. Of course, when you hang out in Western Canada, where he operates one of the more significant flooring distributors in North America, Buckwold Western, the limelight is sure to be avoided... more

HOUSE ARREST: Home sales are slowing, prices are still falling and there is no relief in sight. Two reports released yesterday (May 27) revealed the utter deconstruction of the housing market. One showed that home prices nationally fell 14.1% in March from a year earlier... more

FCNews is always in the market for new opportunities. Not just opportunities to turn a profit, but opportunities that add value at every level in the channel. Case in point: Last September we published the first-ever Retailers Guide to Selling Hardwood Flooring... more

THEY CARE: The 6th Annual Conference of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) took place at the Sandpearl Resort in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and the fledgling organization played to a record attendance... more

Attending the 6th Carpet American Recovery Effort (CARE) Conference was a breath of fresh air—literally. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved since the program began in 2002 more than one billion pounds of carpet have been diverted from entering America’s crowded landfills... more

The ascent of Frank Peters to president of Mohawk Flooring earlier this month completes an interesting trinity: leadership changes at each of the major carpet mills this decade... more

GROWING: Shaw Industries recently held its second biennial conference of the Shaw Design Center (SDC) in Palm Coast, Fla., and more than 100 members attended. The group is growing in size and stature... more

We often look at flooring retailers and contractors as completely different entities since the first focuses on selling to the residential consumer while the latter specializes in the commercial market... more