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What is remarkable about LVT is that it is not entirely driven by brands. It is not as if every consumer comes into the store and know the brand of flooring they want and that applies to LVT, also. No, it is the intrinsic value and style of the product and LVT is great for any end user markets — residential replacement, new homes and all of commercial.   Read More

Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new activations for Coverings 2022, which will take place April 5 to 8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Read More

If you can demonstrate that expertise, half the marketing battle is won because your name recognition and reputation alone will likely generate positive interest in your products or services. So, how do you elevate yourself to this vaunted position? One way is to use business-to-business (B2B) media to get your name and know-how out there. Read More

“Once seen as an exclusive technology, visualization has now become more mainstream and the adaption rate of usage has grown tremendously throughout the past several years,” she said. “The digital evolution, fueled by the pandemic, has given consumers more confidence in using digital tools and has elevated the visibility of their value.” Read More

The pandemic radically changed the way Americans utilize their homes, significantly increasing the time spent working, studying and playing at home. This shift continues to affect residential design, but going into 2022, consumers are showing more interest in creating spaces that also speak to personal style, longevity and authenticity.  Read More

Why is the South increasingly displacing the West as the most popular regional destination? There are three interrelated reasons: the flexibility of remote work, the desire for more space in homes and the search for affordable housing options.  Read More

Making LVT a showroom success Friday, January 14, 2022 from Floor Covering Weekly By Kacey Perinelli  Hadinger Flooring displays its LVT and other waterproof offerings in… Read More

Homeowners are making room in their renovation budgets to prioritize kitchen countertops, according to the 2022 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study. The survey of nearly 2,400 U.S. homeowners using Houzz who are in the midst of, are planning, or recently completed a kitchen renovation, found that more than one-third of homeowners reportedly splurged on countertops (35 percent). The most common feature improved during kitchen renovations, countertops were upgraded by more than nine in 10 homeowners (91 percent).  Read More

MSI maintained that the determination of producers of quartz surfaces should include fabricators, citing that they “perform an essentially operation in the QSP (quartz-surface product) production process, increasing the value of slabs by 35-40 percent.” MSI also noted other areas where Commerce appeared to be inconsistent in its definition of producers, including in its 2018 investigation concerning Chinese quartz-surfaces. Read More

“This has been a solid year for the tile category,” shared Crossville president Greg Mather. “I would expect the category to be up low double digits. A big part of this is fueled by Q2 comparisons versus the heart of lockdowns in 2020, but even into Q3 and Q4, we are seeing pretty solid levels of demand.” Read More