Floor Coverings Distribution Channels and Regional Markets Report

Catalina Research announces the release of our 218-page Catalina Report on Floor Coverings Distribution Channels and Regional Markets, or as we say “who sells what to whom and where”. This fact filled report provides the action-oriented executive with up-to-date information on end user purchases through floor coverings stores, home centers, mass merchandisers, shop-at-home retailers, and distributors. Purchases are analyzed for soft and hard surface flooring products. In addition, Catalina investigates flooring contractor revenues in order to provide industry sales on an installed basis. Each page will assist the floor coverings executive exploit changing distribution channels; evaluate consumer, builder, and commercial markets; regional trends; and plan for 2015 and beyond.

Catalina Reports contain the timely data that allows users to evaluate market size, growth potential, profitability, market share, and the competitive environment. So turn to a Catalina Report when developing strategies to take advantage of a changing industry product mix, residential replacement and nonresidential market trends, retailer and distributor opportunities, regional and state market trends, and strategies to increase market share.

The table of contents shows the significant data and information included in this report. Each section is summarized to clearly point out the pertinent industry trends. Look it over, fill out the order coupon and receive your Catalina Report promptly. You will find it a valuable planning tool.
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SUBJECT MATTER:
1. INSTALLED VALUE OF U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS SALES AND CHANNEL PURCHASED (1997-2019)
· Installed value of flooring · Soft and hard surface flooring spending
· End-user flooring spending · Installed flooring spending by market
· Cost of flooring installations · Flooring purchases by channel
· Markup from manufacturer to final purchase · Flooring spending per square foot

2. U.S. CONSUMER FLOOR COVERINGS SPENDING AND PURCHASER DEMOGRAPHICS (1997-2014)
· Installed value of consumer flooring purchases · Consumer purchases by channel
· Flooring purchases versus installation costs · Homeowner replacement jobs and cost
· Soft versus hard surface flooring spending · DIY vs. contractor jobs and by region
· Wall-to-wall carpet, cushion, and labor · Purchases by demographic characteristics:
· Area rugs, scatter rugs, and bath mats income, age, size, and region
· Hard surface flooring purchases and labor cost · Demographics for soft surface/hard surface

3. U.S. BUILDER AND COMMERCIAL MARKET FLOOR COVERINGS SPENDING (1997-2014)
· Installed value of builder/commercial purchases· Soft versus hard surface flooring spending
· Flooring cost per new housing unit · Builder/contractor purchases by channel
· Square feet of new housing completed · Commercial purchases by channel

4. U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS RETAIL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS (1997-2014)
· Floor covering retail sales by type of outlet: · Soft and hard surface sales by retailer
· Floor coverings stores · Sales to consumers/builders/commercial
· Home centers · Flooring store employment and wages
· Other building material dealers · Sales by store employee/sales size, chains
· Furniture stores · Sales share for 10 leading retailers
· Department stores/mass merchandisers · Home Depot/Lowe’s/ Lumber Liquidators
· Shop-at-home/Internet Tile Shop sales and operating trends
· Other retailers · Lumber Liquidators’ sales by product
· Number of floor covering retailers by type · Outlets and sales for 20 leading retailers
· Installation and delivery revenues · Profiles of 9 leading retailers

5. RETAIL BUYING GROUPS
· System sales and number of locations for 5 leading buying groups
· Abbey revenues and operating income
· Number of Abbey outlets by region and state
· Number of National Floorcovering Alliance outlets by member by state
· Profiles of leading buying groups and franchisors

6. U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS DISTRIBUTOR TRENDS (1997-2014)
· Wholesale sales trends · Sales trends for top 12 distributors
· Soft versus hard surface flooring sales · Profiles of top 6 distributors
· Number and sales of merchant wholesales and · Distribution strategies of leading U.S.
manufacturer sales offices floor coverings manufacturers
· Sales by type of customer

7. U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR BUSINESS (1997-2014)
· Contractor revenue by type of flooring work: carpet, ceramic tile, computer floors, resilient and laminate flooring, stone floors, and wood flooring
· Comparative installation costs per square foot by type of flooring
· Purchases by builders and other contractors
· Material, labor costs, and employment trends
· Sales and profit trends for Q.E.P.
· Revenues by type of construction: residential and nonresidential; new, remodeling and repair
· Flooring contractor revenues by type of nonresidential building

8. REGION AND STATE MARKET ANALYSIS AND FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND (2002-2013)
· Installed floor coverings market by geographic area
· Geographic sales for residential, builder, and commercial markets
· Retail floor covering sales · Floor covering contractors
· Per capita retail sales · Sales per retailer/wholesaler/contractor
· Per capita income · Existing home sales
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