FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY TRENDS AND END-USE MARKETS FC092:
Released July 2015
Catalina Research announces the release of our 235-page Catalina Report on Floor Coverings Industry Trends and End-Use Markets. This fact-filled report provides the action-oriented executive with up-to-date information on carpet and area rugs, wood flooring, ceramic tile, vinyl sheet and floor tile, other resilient flooring, stone flooring, and laminate flooring. Each page will assist the floor coverings executive exploit changing consumer preferences, improve plant efficiency, penetrate end-use markets, exploit world market growth, and plan for 2016 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; trends in the builder, residential replacement, and nonresidential markets; world market opportunities; 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.
Quarterly Update Outline
SECTIONS AND SUBJECT MATTER
1. U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY TRENDS (1987-2020)
- Carpet and area rugs
- Wood flooring
- Ceramic tile
- Vinyl sheet and floor tile
- Other resilient flooring
- Laminate flooring
- Stone Flooring
- End-use market sales and factors driving demand
- Source of supply and U.S. made versus import product pricing
2. INDUSTRY SHIPMENTS AND PRICE TRENDS (1987-2015)
- Carpet and area rugs:
- Tufted, woven, and other
- Nylon, polyester, polypropylene
- Roll goods, tile, mats, rugs, auto
- Carpet underlay and cushions by type
- Resilient flooring: vinyl, and others
- Ceramic tiles
- Wood flooring
3. U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT TRENDS (1987-2015)
- International trade by flooring material
- Imports’ share of U.S. sales
- Exports’ share of U.S. shipments
- Import/export price trends
- Imports by country of origin
- Import shipping costs and tariff charges
- Exports by country of destination
4. U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS PLANT COST STRUCTURE AND PROFITABILITY (1992-2014)
- Number of plants and shipments
- Payroll and material costs
- Profit margins
- Material input price trends
- Plant labor situation
- Capital expenditures
- Select company capital projects
5. U.S. RESIDENTIAL REPLACEMENT MARKET (1997-2015)
- Purchases by flooring material
- Share of total flooring sales
- Share of residential improvements
- Number of homeowner and hard surface and wall-to-wall carpet replacement jobs
- Replacement jobs for movers and non-movers
- Interest rates, personal income, and household demographics
- Replacement jobs by square foot
- Characteristics of existing housing units
- Existing home sales and by region
- Residential wall-to-wall carpet and area rug markets
- Interest rates, personal income, and household demographics
6. U.S. BUILDER MARKET AND MANUFACTURERED HOME PRODUCER PRUCHASES (1997-2015)
- Purchases by flooring material
- Share of flooring sales/builder inputs
- Purchases per home completed
- Purchases per manufactured home
- Average cost per square foot
- Total square feet of new housing built
- Regional builder market analysis
- New housing unit characteristics
- New home average size and price
- Housing starts and permits
- Top U.S. builder home closings
7. U.S. COMMERCIAL FLOOR COVERINGS MARKET (1997-2015)
- Purchases by flooring material
- Share of flooring sales
- Share of contractor inputs
- Purchases for new construction
- Purchases for remodeling projects
- Wall-to-Wall carpet versus carpet tile sales
- Construction spending by type of building
- Construction spending by region
- Transportation equipment market
- Transportation equipment production
8. U.S. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT (2002-2015)
- Top 18 company market shares
- Soft and hard surface flooring company market shares
- Sales and profit trends for six companies
9. COMPANY PROFILES AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS FOR:
- Armstrong
- Beaulieu of America
- Congoleum
- Crossville
- The Dixie Group
- Engineered Floors
- Interface
- Internacional de Ceramica
- Lumber Liquidators
- Mannington Mills
- Milliken
- Mohawk
- Mullican
- Oriental Weavers
- Royalty Carpet
- Shaw
- Tarkett
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