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Choosing the Best Ceramic Tile for Your Project
The vast array of ceramic tile designs, shapes, sizes, and colors gives you the optimum advantage when choosing ceramic tile. The best ceramic tile can really compliment the personal aesthetic you have planned for your home. Where to Find the Right Ceramic Tile You can purchase ceramic tile through many outlets, ranging from home improvement stores to showrooms to online retailers. In all cases, it is important to: Read More
Imports of Ceramic Decline Slightly, Vinyl Sharply in June
"Ceramic Imports Showed a Modest Decline: Overall ceramic unit imports decreased 5.2% year over year (y/y), moderating from sharper declines earlier in the year, for units down 6.1% year- to-date. Read More
79 Floor Tile Patterns: Find the Perfect Tile Layout for Any Space
Ceramic floor tile can help visually expand narrow rooms, elongate wide rooms, and even hide a room’s imperfections if you simply use the right installation pattern. Ceramic floor tile also offers wide versatility in how your floor is installed, — creative choices not possible with other flooring materials. Read More
India Led Ceramic Imports to the U.S. In First Half of 2023
For the first time, India became the largest ceramic tile supplier of the U.S. by units in the time period between January and June, reports Grosser Associates. Read More
The Tile Shop Sales Down 8.4% in Q2, Earnings Down 26.5%
The Tile Shop reported net sales of $98.6 million for Q2 2023, an 8.4% decline compared to sales of $1.08 billion for Q2 2022. Sales decreased at comparable stores by 8.0% during the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022, primarily due to a decrease in traffic, which was partially offset by an increase in average ticket value. Read More
Floor & Décor Grew Sales by 4.2% in Q2, Earnings Down 12.7%
For Q2 2023, Floor & Décor reported a net sales increase of 4.2% to $1.14 billion from $1.09 billion in Q2 fiscal 2022. Comparable store sales decreased 6.0 Read More
2023 Kitchen & Bath Sales Trends
The sharp decline in the U.S. housing market caught up with kitchen and bath product manufacturers and marketers in the first half of 2023. Dollar manufacturer sales (shipments minus exports plus imports) could have declined by 5.6 percent in the first half. Unit sales declined about 2.0 percent in the first half. Price increases, however, moderated along with inflationary pressures. The dollar sales decline this year compared to a 10.8 percent gain for all of 2022. First half 2023 sales declined along with the drop in new home construction and existing home sales as the Federal Reserve increased interest rates. Rising rates caused housing demand – new and existing – to drop sharper over the past year. Read More
Tile Top Performer
According to Catalina Research, total dollar sales for ceramic and porcelain tile in 2022 could have increased by 14.2 percent compared to the previous year. Aside from LVT, tile is the only category to see double digit gains from 2021. Catalina Research estimated that tile accounted for 12.1 percent of all floor covering sales in 2022, earning approximately $4.8 billion in sales. The natural stone category too saw growth this year and earned $2.1 billion in sales, Catalina reported Read More