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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 27, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 27, 2025 | Flooring News
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...
by Nathanael Strickland | Jan 27, 2025 | Flooring News
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...