With a large percentage of floor covering retailers coming in somewhere around the 55-year mark or above and beginning to retire, it’s interesting to note some of the actions members of the next generation are taking as they take over their family businesses.
We had an opportunity to talk with Darrel Harris, CEO of Xpress Global Systems, a carrier that specializes in the transportation of both hard and soft surface floor coverings throughout the country, to see how transportation within the industry is advancing.
One of the topics we touched on with TalkFloor interviews is technology and specifically the importance of developing a quality website that captivates consumers and drives them to a retailer’s store.
We invited Chad Ogden, the founder, president and CEO of floor covering industry software provider QFloors, to look at the developments that have taken place in management software in the retail sector of the floor covering business and where technology is heading.
We had an opportunity to talk with Jerry Hennon, principal of Carpets of Dalton, at company headquarters, and take a tour of the retailer's massive facility.
Interface recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Kyle 2 plant expansion project in LaGrange, Ga. We had the opportunity to talk with Matt Miller, president of Interface Americas, about the company’s plans for this expansion.
We recently attended the Carpet & Rug Institute's (CRI) 2017 annual meeting of in Dalton, Ga., where we had the opportunity to talk with Joe Yarbrough, the trade group's president.
Carol Nance is a born entrepreneur who launched a company in the middle of the carpet industry’s salad days, turning landfill scraps into a profitable business that now boasts four manufacturing/warehouse facilities in Calhoun, Ga., with no end in sight.
Canada Nufloors is a retail group with a unique structure and a group that has shifted gears over the past year or so to make sure all of its cylinders are firing at maximum efficiency.
