Floor Covering News

JULY 8, 2021

By Elisabeth McGowan While underlayment is usually an easy sell alongside a carpet purchase, it’s not always top of mind when finalizing a hard surface sale. One of the common complaints of hard surface flooring is just that—it’s hard,” said Chris Palmer, vice president of sales, Leggett & Platt. The benefits don’t end there.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. Ceramic market update. ceramic tile market. ceramic tile consumption in 2021 was 3.11 There was 2.23

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Coverings , the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has released a lineup of featured conference sessions for Coverings 2022. Laws of Luxury: How to Increase Your Sales by Leveraging the Luxury Business Model. Arlington, Va.— Designing for Outdoor Living.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

Digital printing yields the most realistic representation of the product it seeks to emulate, whether that be hardwood or natural stone. The big advantage of digital printing is you can change your décor on the fly, but if your texturing cannot follow, you don’t have that huge advantage,” said Floris Koopmans, sales director, Unilin.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Flooring retailers, including those looking to gain back lost dollars from the growing popularity of vinyl products, would do well to turn to tile and stone, which offers high dollar sales and high margins, according to suppliers at The International Surface Event (TISE) held in Las Vegas earlier this year. “We Boosting retail sales.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The use of a Gray colored Thinset can result in discoloration of the stone or the appearance of oily stains on the face of the stone. It would be prudent to recommend the use of White Thinset for all natural stone installations, but that may not prevent yellowing from occurring completely. Kerdi Shower System.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The recent boom in the housing market is a boon to the natural stone category. The flooring industry in general, and the natural stone category in particular, is starting to reap the benefits of such activities. Opportunity for natural stone has always been in kitchen and bath. By Megan Salzano.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 29, 2014

The donors included members of longtime TPFH supporters Tile Council of North America, Ceramic Tile Distributors Association and National Tile Contractors Association. Daltile is an industry-leading brand of ceramic, porcelain, glass, metal, manufactured stone and natural stone tile products. About Daltile.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2022

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year on record. The 20-mil surface wear layer is enhanced with a ceramic micro-bead finish. About the product: Panoramic Porcelain provides the visual and style of natural stone with the durability, cleanability and attractive price of porcelain.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In addition to that, the Natural Stone Pavilion saw some action. Here, the Natural Stone Institute’s Women in Stone group conducted a “Natural Stone Amazing Race” on the show floor, much to the delight of attendees. We can now go toe-to-toe with ceramic. Inspiration. Design capabilities.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 19, 2021

Its state-of-the-art information system forecasts customer demand and manages inventory levels to ensure all products and services are provided on time. What [my parents] really saw was an opportunity to bring natural stone to the middle class,” said Raj Shah, president. And we’re helping produce the pull.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. In 2020, the category also represented 21.8%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Commercial flooring rebounded as sales increased 13.1% The lion’s share of sales (approximately 70%) was generated from specified contract while the remainder came from Main Street commercial applications, research shows. flooring sales, according to Floor Covering News research. from roughly $6.5 billion in 2021 to $7.34

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Raj Shah, MSI co-CEO M S International, more commonly known as MSI, started making headlines about 15 years ago as an affordable source of ceramic tile and stone. Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. MSI, just like everyone, got over-inventoried because we assumed sales would continue to grow. That’s our expertise.

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Realstone

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These tiles are typically made from ceramic , porcelain or stone. The clay or stone is shaped, glazed for a shiny finish, and then kiln-fired to harden. These tiles are typically crafted from stone then glazed , or ceramic or porcelain, with pigments added during the production process to achieve a variety of colors.

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Realstone

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These tiles are typically made from ceramic , porcelain or stone. The clay or stone is shaped, glazed for a shiny finish, and then kiln-fired to harden. These tiles are typically crafted from stone then glazed , or ceramic or porcelain, with pigments added during the production process to achieve a variety of colors.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Today, the company more commonly known as MSI is eclipsing the $2 billion mark in annual sales and leveraging that volume into providing more value to the end consumer. We’re in all hard surfaces, we’re in countertops, whether it’s natural stone or quartz, and have leading market share in both of those.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

According to Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants Inc.‘s s Donato Pompo, citing findings from Catalina Research, the primary source for ceramic tile industry data, ceramic tile is leading the floor covering sales recovery, as tile manufacturers leverage the rebound in existing home sales and housing starts.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

i4F is making its debut at NeoCon 2022 with i’s True Grout, designed to imitate the beauty of modern rectified ceramics for both floors and walls without its inconveniences, offering easier installation and maintenance as well as improved hygiene. OneFlor said it turned to nature for a flooring installation solution that needed no glue.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

FCNews research shows the category generated $6.589 billion in sales (not including rubber) in 2020—an industry-leading 21.3% In terms of volume, the category accounted for 5.455 billion square feet (not including rubber) at the first point of sale, a 19.5% of sales vs. 2019’s 45.1%. Existing home sales grew to 5.64

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