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Las Vegas—i4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, has received significant momentum across North America for its ceramic imitating technology, i4F CeraGrout. Thus far 21 manufacturers from Asia, the U.S. and Europe have...

Keith Spano, president of Carpet One Floor & Home, addresses members during the opening session of ConneXtion 2025. Orlando—Few would argue that 2023 and 2024 were down years for the flooring industry. It was certainly not the time to invest in the largest total...

In his keynote presentation, Ben Liebert, Shaw’s executive vice president, residential, encouraged SFN members to find a way to shorten the purchasing journey. Orlando, Fla.—The weather was downright chilly by Florida’s standards—even for late January—but the...

In the first part of this series, we talked about defining your “big rocks”—the transformational goals that will drive your success. Without this first step, you’re just spinning your wheels. Now, let’s move on to the next two steps in this three-step system: “time...

It feels like much of my life has been dedicated to the flooring industry. My entry into the business came in the late ’70s when my sister, who had connections in the flooring and furniture industries, proposed we start a business together. We’d often talked about...

Pawel Rajszel and Chad Ogden during a joint press conference ahead of Surfaces announcing the merger of the two companies. Last Vegas—Roomvo, an innovator in the website and room visualizer space, officially announced its acquisition of QFloors, a leading flooring...

QFloors still offers open integrations. It was two and a half decades ago, at Surfaces ’99, that QFloors was first dreamed up by Chad Ogden—QFloors CEO/president and third-generation flooring retailer—in a hotel room in Las Vegas. After long and grueling hours on the...

Stanton Design’s new merchandising units organize products by look and construction, making it easier for RSAs. Woodbury, N.Y.—Flooring companies that can legitimately say they offer a complete portfolio of soft and hard surface products are part of a very exclusive...

Returning attractions as well as some new partnerships, programs and vendors. That’s what’s in store for the thousands of retailers planning to attend TISE ’25 at the Mandalay Bay this month. Back by popular demand are features that showgoers embraced at Surfaces...

A year of “unmatched success.” That’s how Typhannie Harker, owner of Carpeting By Mike, Somerset, Wis., described 2024 in retrospect. The company is coming off a year of awe-inspiring 27% growth compared to 2023. “As I reflect on the past year, it’s clear we...

24-7 Floors has added onto its showroom over the years, which is now 3,000 square feet. What measures success for a flooring business? Is it revenue growth? Employee retention? Business expansion? The simple answer, if you ask Scott and Sally Perron, owners of 24-7...

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) has announced the retirement of Jeffrey King, its legal counsel since 1995. King’s tenure is said to have been defined by his steadfast commitment to advancing legal strategies and advocating for independent flooring...