On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 231,000 jobs or 3.1%.

Pros make up about 10 percent of The Home Depot’s customer base and approximately half of its sales, the company said. 

The new programs address the foundations of tile installation and practical training to prepare installers for the Certified Tile Installer program, as well as an enhanced inspection course and additional sessions of a historically popular program.

The company services residential and contractor customers through three brick-and-mortar locations in Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa, Florida, and online at tileoutlets.com.

The ability to stop and analyze a problem from a 30,000-foot view is something more contractors need. Are you tracking your business’ data? What’s missing? 

Through its charitable initiative First Fruits Fund, Footprints Floors is helping World Orphans' initiative to keep families together by providing streams of income to caregivers in extreme poverty.

Mapei announced that specification data for its flooring-installation products is now available on Floorcloud, an online technology platform that was developed to allow users to remotely monitor, communicate and store jobsite-condition data in real time.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the International Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) hosted a one-of-a-kind training aimed at recruiting and training trainers for future certification courses.

Kimi's Carpet Plus located in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, hosted an International Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) training event for both flooring installers and retail sales associates. The training took place over the course of two days and each participant achieved the R1 carpet certification. 

Ten participants took part in the CFI course on hardwood, laminate and luxury vinyl plank at Thompson Flooring and Installation in Frederick, Maryland.