In 1958, one year before Hawaii became the 50th state in the Union, a husband and wife team of Raymond and Carol Mori launched a new flooring business designed to capture a share of the burgeoning multi-family housing market in this territory on the verge of statehood.
Armed with a business plan and a dream, Carlos Soares established Divine Flooring in 1999 in Calgary, Canada, as a company dedicated to forward-thinking ideas about craftsmanship and design.
Members of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) convened in Truckee, Calif., for their spring conference to share best practices and strategize business development opportunities.