With a gain in confidence in the economy and a clear general election result, United Kingdom (UK) retailers are finally enjoying some pre-crisis level of spending.

For smaller retailers advertising seems to hold a great fear: “What if I spend all this money and no one shows up at the door?”

Residential color trends along with other home design trends continue to play a fundamental role in the flooring industry.

When a customer complains, what do you do?

It was estimated in 2010 there were between 11,000 and 12,000 establishments selling floor coverings in the U.S. That number, according to many experts, has contracted to an estimated 8,000 to 9,000 in 2015.

Let me start by wishing you and yours all the love and joy that family, friends, and our pets give us in the New Year. You know the truly important things in life.

Growing up, I knew two things for certain. First, I knew at an early age I wanted to be an entrepreneur.

Designers, event planners, and marketers looking to visually brand, market or promote a product or organization at trade shows, special events or building entrances can now transform floor space with custom, digitally printed, dye-sublimated carpets.

A series of articles I wrote several years ago titled “Good Store, Bad Store!” stated that all successful stores do all the same things right, and all the less successful stores do all the same things wrong.