M S International, Inc. (MSI), a leading supplier of flooring, countertops, wall tile and hardscaping products in North America, is excited to announce the relocation and opening of its larger property at 19624 62nd Ave S, Kent, W.A. 98032.
The successful carpet merchandising system is available exclusively to Shaw Flooring Network (SFN) retailers and has a 20+ year legacy in the industry. The time-tested display is a showroom focal point and remains a pillar of Shaw’s residential soft surface portfolio.
Named “Retail 2.0,” the system will be marketed in Carpet One Floor & Home showrooms as Room by Room and at Flooring America and Flooring Canada showrooms as Room to Explore.
Carlisle is offering live, virtual sales guidance and support coupled with private access to a bricks-and-mortar display area from its Washington, D.C. showroom.
At the CCA Global Retail Group summer convention, executives gave members insight into “The Future of Next”—the cooperative's Retail 2.0 strategies that reflect the seismic shift that has redefined retail over the last couple years, accelerated by 2020’s unprecedented global pandemic.
What will it take to succeed as an independent flooring retailer in the future? John Gilbert, president of Carpet One, and Keith Spano, president of Flooring America, Flooring Canada, International Design Guild and The Floor Trader, offered Floor Trends some insight on the groups' Retail 2.0 strategy.