USFloors and USFContract strive to provide consumers with beautiful and durable floors at a great value, while minimizing our impact on the environment and enhancing and improving it whenever possible.
Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet has been in existence for some 31 years, beginning as a single location in Kansas City and evolving into a unique operation perfectly poised for the retail floor covering industry’s next iteration.
A lot has been happening at Beaulieu Commercial in the past few months and at the epicenter of the activity is Steve Hillis, the president. Steve has been there and done that in all of the best places in the commercial floor covering business and was just about ready to take himself out of circulation and, yes, retire.
While new and improved products are constantly hitting the market and, in the last couple of years the luxury vinyl business—be it tile, planks or the ever-expanding wood plastic composite floors—has exploded in popularity, sheet vinyl has managed to remain a viable option and first choice for many applications on both the commercial and residential sides of the fence.
While the residential industry continues to plow through a mixed business climate, one needed to look no further than the world famous Merchandise Mart and the 47th NeoCon to feel the strong pulse of the commercial industry, as more than 50,000 people from around the world fought off heavy storms and tornado warnings to see the newest products for projects they were working on and learn about the latest trends for upcoming jobs.
Mannington Commercial’s Connected Collection of LVT is a modular, integrated system of gradients, accents, and a rich textural base, that is designed to coordinate with the company’s highly successful Connected collection of modular carpet.
Shaw Industries hosted dealers throughout the Austin, Texas, area for a tour of the HGTV Smart Home that is being given away this month to one lucky person.
In Floor Trends’ “2014 Industry Study,” respondents said when it comes to resilient flooring, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and planks were the “top product type sold” at 95% while sheet goods came in at 87%.