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Floor & Décor's Sales Rose But Earnings Inched Down in Q2
Floor & Décor announced Q2 2022 net sales of to $1,090 million, an increase of 27% from $860 million in Q2 2021.Comparable store sales increased 9%. Read More
Resilient Sales Soar
In 2021, according to Catalina Research, resilient flooring sales could have increased by 30.3 percent in dollars and 19.3 percent in square feet; as a result, resilient flooring could have accounted for 27 percent of total floor coverings dollar sales in 2021 and 31.1 percent of total square foot sales. Read More
Wood Gains Ground
Keeping pace with the overall floor coverings market, the hardwood sector saw increases in dollar and square footage sales in 2021. A number of factors contributed to its growth, including its high reliance on a robust builder market, contributing to a 26.2 percent sales increase in dollars and a 12.5 percent gain in square feet. Read More
Surge in the Housing Market Stalls
The housing market has been one of the few bright lights in the economy during the pandemic. House prices have climbed, homebuilding has accelerated and home improvement activity has been extremely strong as households were modifying their homes to their emerging housing needs. After trailing the pace of household growth for almost a decade, residential construction finally picked up. Single-family starts hit 1.1 million in 2021, exceeding the million-unit mark for the first time in 13 years. Multifamily starts were also at a 30-year high, but supply-chain delays have lengthened the time to completion. Read More
2021 marketWise Report
Certainly, part of the great sales increase of residential replacement flooring was the increase in existing home sales and an increase in the value of home values. Existing home sales increased by 8.5 percent to 6.12 million unit sales. That sales increase was quite great. On top of that, the median price of the 6.12 million house and condo sales increased by 17.2 percent to $347,100. That too is quite great. Read More
US Floor Coverings Hits High
In 2021, U.S. floor coverings sales came roaring back from the pandemic recession as the availability of a COVID-19 vaccination and continued fiscal and monetary stimulus gave consumers the confidence to replace their flooring. According to Catalina Research, residential purchases also received a boost from sharp gains in new home construction and existing home sales due to historic low interest rates. Read More
Mohawk's Q2 Sales Up 7%, Earning Down 17%
Mohawk Industries announced Q2 2022 net sales of $3.2 billion, an increase of 7% over Q2 2021’s $3.0 billion. For Q2 2022, net earnings were $280 million, a 17% decline compared to Q2 2021’s $336 million. Read More