Multiple retailers and contractors have noted a return by consumers to the category due to technological advances and the outstanding durability of the product.
As more people are vaccinated and group activity slowly resumes, flooring professionals are cautiously optimistic, and are looking forward to showcasing the designs we’ll see in our leisure spaces in the coming months.
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 20.7 percent from an upwardly revised February number, to a 1.02 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.
“The activity architecture firms are seeing is a positive bellwether not only for the construction outlook, but also for the larger economy,” said AIA chief economist, Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, PhD.
Flooring America/Flooring Canada created a 2021 Style Watch— a “floorcast” of this year’s top 10 most distinctive flooring trends. Cathey Gundlach, vice president of merchandising, CCA Global Partners, explains her favorites from the floorcast.
With working from home being the norm from coast to coast, the next question must be, how will office environments change when things get back to normal? That is why we called John Stephens, vice president of marketing, Shaw Contract Group, to get his take on what the office of the future will look like.
