Remove Natural Stone Remove Sales Remove System Remove Training
article thumbnail

Coverings releases 2023 education lineup

Floor Covering News

Coverings, the preeminent event for North America’s ceramic tile and natural stone industry, unveiled a sneak peek of featured education for Coverings 2023, taking place here April 18-21, 2023, at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla.—Coverings,

article thumbnail

FCEF announces new board members

Floor Covering News

Each board member has been selected for his or her experience and dedication to the ongoing support needed to recruit and train new flooring installation craftsmen, according to the company. Technical College System of GA. Perren is the deputy commissioner for technical education for the Technical College System of Georgia.

Georgia 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Coverings unveils 2024 educational lineup

Floor Covering News

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).

Trends 59
article thumbnail

Coverings conference sessions announced

Floor Covering News

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.—

article thumbnail

Natural Stone: Opportunity knocks as consumers hunker down

Floor Covering News

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.

article thumbnail

STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

Floor Covering News

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. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Imports vs. domestics.

Sales 98
article thumbnail

Exclusive: MSI sees opportunities amid challenges

Floor Covering News

Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. We’ve both been cross-trained on just about everything. MSI, just like everyone, got over-inventoried because we assumed sales would continue to grow. We have come a long way from being just a natural stone company. That’s our expertise. It’s all over the place.

Ukraine 98