The new sites offer new features, such as a Floor Finder Quiz that uses nearly 300 points of data to accurately provide the consumer with the right floor for them based on their performance needs and style preferences.
The Luminary award honors excellence and inspirational actions of people for their mentorship, leadership and contributions to advancing the floor covering industry.
A veteran of the floor covering industry his entire career, French was most recently the senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Bentley Mills.
The annual meeting for the carpet industry trade association also serves as an opportunity to update the public and industry about new developments and activities from the prior year at the institute.
Tom Pendley, president of Mannington Commercial, will assume the transitional role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), with the plans for him to assume the role of president and CEO upon Grizzle’s retirement.
Mannington donated hardwood flooring for the new Vista, California, home of U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Stuart DiPaolo who served multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.