Howie Schwab, star of ESPN’s popular “Stump the Schwab” program and the network’s coordinating producer and statistician, will be Floor Covering News’ special guest at Surfaces in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 7 and Thursday, Feb. 8... more

Las Vegas—Surfaces 2007 is gearing up for another exciting event in showcasing the latest floor covering fashions, trends, tools and technologies, to be held Feb. 6 to 9 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center here... more

Uncasville, Conn.—NRF’s Distributors’ Fall Flooring Market is usually one of the hottest tickets to get, and this year was no exception as dealers in the Northeast came to the Mohegan Sun Hotel & Casino here to participate in a full day’s worth of buying and networking... more

Dalton—Walt Disney World will once again be the place to be for more than 2,800 dealers who are part of Shaw Industries’ Flooring Alliance (SFA) buying group when its sixth convention will take place from Jan. 14 to 17... more

Boston—With an expanded format featuring educational sessions and an organized group dinner, the Floor Covering Industry Contractors Association’s (FCICA) annual mid-year meeting was not only the best attended ever but, close to twice as many people as normal showed up for the two-day event... more

Hannover, Germany—Officials for Domotex Hannover are gearing up once again for a spectacular show as the upcoming four-day event is set to take place from Jan. 13 to 16 here at the Hannover Fairgrounds. The market will host approximately 1,250 exhibiting companies from 60 countries... more

By Matthew Spieler

Dallas—Product innovation plays a large part in the kinds of sales and profits one can make in the industry... more

The 2006 FCIF Charity Golf Event sponsored by CCA Global Partners was the most successful in the event’s four-year history. Proving the point with a $155,000 check are CCA’s co-CEOs and co-chairmen Howard Brodsky, left, and Alan Greenberg, right... more

BALTIMORE—While nearly all reports continue to show the residential market slowing down, the commercial sector continues to gain momentum. This was clearly evident at the Baltimore Convention Center last month, site of the fourth annual NeoCon East market... more

LATICRETE International, Inc., celebrating 50 years of industry leading expertise in the manufacturing of innovative installation systems for ceramic tile and stone, hosted a special event to express its gratitude... more