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TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and imported tile top many homeowners "must have" lists when they are renovating or building a new home. But the majority of checklists are missing one vital component that will make their home perfect in every way: a radiant home heating system. An essential finishing touch for... more
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 01, 2011 - Los Angeles-based odor removal specialists Biocide Systems recently introduced roomSHOCKER ™, a revolutionary new system guaranteed to completely eliminate any trace of strong odors such as smoke, mildew and pet odors. roomSHOCKER™ eliminates stubborn odors from the home in a completely safe and... more
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By Steven Feldman There are pretty much two ways to look at the laminate flooring category in 2010. The optimists will focus on the fact that for the second consecutive year, and in a very tough economic climate, laminate manufacturers moved more square feet of the product than the year prior. Unfortunately, it is... more
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By Matthew Spieler By the middle of the second quarter in 2010, wood flooring manufacturers began to think the talk about the recession having officially ended a year prior was finally coming true in their neck of the forest. Then, at the end of April, the federal government’s homebuyer’s tax credit expired and so did... more
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By Louis Iannaco Coming off what most industry executives considered be a terrible 2009, the ceramic segment was looking for something, anything resembling a turnaround heading into 2010. And while certain indicators signaled a modest increase of 5% to 6% in tile consumption and sales, professionals saw that as going... more
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By Emily Hooper Though the resilient category isn’t in the clear just yet, conditions are improving— as much as the flooring industry can improve in this economy. In this case, improving means 2010 may be the end to a consistent drop in category sales since 2006... more
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By Matthew Spieler Since 2008, when the recession really took hold of the country, “Flat is the new up” has become the hot catchphrase in business circles across the country. When it came to total sales of carpet and rugs in 2010, the saying could not have been... more
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By Emily Hooper We judge books by the cover, people on appearance, restaurants by the menu. Who says we have to look inside to find true meaning? In the case of underlayments, one would do well to look at what’s beneath that floor covering when judging just how successful an... more
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By Congoleum’s Roger Marcus, president and CEO, and Dennis Jarosz, senior vice president of sales and marketingIf we travel back 25 years in history, we find that what we now call resilient flooring was primarily called vinyl or, in the case of sheet, lino— which stemmed from... more
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By Matthew Spieler It has been 25 years since the fiber industry has undergone the amount of changes that have taken place in the last five years— and this time is it not because of an explosion in technology, though there is still plenty of innovating going on... more
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