As The Tile Turns

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In the design world, we often hear about amazing success stories, where concepts go from zero to 100 overnight. But, the real journey behind these tales—the challenges, chance moments and hard work it took to realize these dreams—often remains untold. This is the story of Colorado's luxury tile showroom, Decorative Materials, and its founder Margot Hampleman, who transformed her passion for tile into the largest privately owned luxury tile showroom in the state, all while giving back every step

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. Not only does it require more knowledge on the part of the retail sales associate, but it also means successfully sharing that information with consumers in a way that doesn’t turn them away from the category. However, successfully selling natural stone products has some major advantages, including higher profit margins and ticket sales on the part of the retailer.

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The A to Z of Building

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A new cementitious material, inspired by cortical bone's architecture, enhances fracture toughness without compromising strength. By utilizing a tubular design, researchers achieved a non-brittle response in the material, offering potential applications in tougher, crack-resistant concrete and mortar.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Las Vegas—The International Surface Event (TISE), the premier event for the flooring, stone and tile industry, has opened registration for the 2025 event, to be held here January 28-30 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Utilizing more than 400,000 square feet and culminating over 700 exhibiting brands from around the world, TISE is North America’s premier event dedicated to sourcing materials and discovering the latest products, innovations and design trends all in one place.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Keynote speaker Jon Petz, a magician, gets a helping hand from FCNews publisher Steve Feldman on an amazing math trick at the AHSG conference. Naples, Fla.— Floor Covering News is here for the start of American Home Surfaces Group/Commercial USA ‘s (AHSG) annual convention. The alliance of independent floor covering retailers and commercial contractors welcomed 90 new members, including 60 on the retail side. “We don’t tell you what to sell or what your displays should look lik

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Deerfield Beach, Fla.—Mapei, a leader in the construction products industry, celebrated its close of 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season that was marked by impressive performances from Marco Andretti and Kyle Kirkwood—both driving Mapei-sponsored cars. Andretti, driving the No. 98 MAPEI / CURB Honda, and Kirkwood, driving the No. 27 AutoNation Honda, are said to have shown exceptional dedication, skill and teamwork throughout the season—Mapei said they brought its values of innovation, resilience and

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Indianapolis, Ind.—The NAFCD + NBMDA Annual Convention is bringing back a popular day-long course to encourage career progression in the floor covering distribution industry. The October 22 course is a condensed version of the University of Innovative Distribution (UID). The 2025 UID session will be March 10-13, held here. National keynote speaker and author Gail Alofsin will be leading two separate UID In-a-Day sessions in the morning and afternoon.

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