When I’m doing training for retail flooring chains or talks at floor covering association dinners, I always include a section on “what needs to be said” to prospective buyers.
In 1991, my nephew, Jody Skaggs, and I had worked together for eight years for two separate flooring contractors building their commercial departments from one that was labor-only in the hospitality business and the other was a residential flooring company.
A healthy business grows just like a healthy child. The most important and defining characteristic – the personality of the business – is developed early and never really changes, while its outward appearance can seem to change overnight.
From showroom management to inventory control—and everything in between—flooring-specific software systems are helping retailers run their operations smoothly, and taking their businesses to the next level of profitability and efficiency.
At Priority Floors, we have a different overall approach to the flooring business. Generally a flooring company focuses on a single market segment such as multifamily replacement, retail, builder, commercial, etc. If a dealer services multiple market segments, rarely are they a dominant player in more than one segment.