by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 29, 2025 | Flooring News
Marquis Wright was mentored by retailer Jeff Jones for a year before venturing out on his own. Running a retail flooring business is hard, which is why many would-be entrepreneurs ultimately fail. In Jeff Jones’ Yulee, Fla., market near Jacksonville, for example,...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 28, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 28, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 28, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 28, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 28, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
