Many facilities today are not putting a high-gloss finish on their floors.
However, there are some exceptions, particularly retail stores, medical facilities, and grocery stores. In fact, one mega-retailer considers its floors—and their high-gloss shine—an effective branding tool.
Four flooring retailers in southwest Ohio today became the first in the area to offer health and environmental scorecards for their full line of “green” flooring products, along with virtually every traditional product they carry.
Since 1842, Virginia’s Mary Baldwin College has fought to preserve the education of women through undergraduate and graduate classes that allow students to pursue their dreams.
Innovation, Innovation, Innovation: this is the key to success in today’s world. Let’s face it; do you really need another supplier knocking at your door to sell you Oak flooring, will this help you sell more floors? We thought not!
Flooring success relies on several factors including – but not limited to – the right product for the right space; the appropriate environment controlled; a non-compromising substrate; qualified and experienced installation experts; protection of the material after the installation, and care of the flooring from the onset of use.
Headquartered in GREENVILLE, SC, Bonitz Flooring Group is the nation’s largest independent, employee-owned flooring contractor. Offering a full range of commercial flooring, Bonitz believes that “a successful project begins with understanding the needs of the customer.”
Following a recent seminar, a dealer approached me to ask for my thoughts on why he’d been unsuccessful going after some commercial business. “I’ll bet I’ve priced over 20 projects, and I have yet to get one of them,” he said.
Hardwood flooring has become wildly popular with homeowners, builders and specifiers for a great number of reasons, not the least of which is the design creativity it offers.
