Steve Weisberg has come a long way from his preteen days when his father would wake up to find him waiting in the car to go to work at his company, Crest Carpet Distributors.
Alex Markarian grew up in the family business, watching his grandfather, dad and uncle grow the company they launched in the ‘70s into a chain of Carpeteria stores—now Carpeteria Carpet One Floor & Home—in the San Diego area.
Industry legend Rose “Mrs. B” Blumkin founded Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) in the basement of her husband’s store in 1937, selling home furnishings at rock-bottom prices. Over the course of the next 60-plus years, the innovative businesswoman shattered conventions to build one of the largest dollar-volume independent retail businesses, selling everything for the home—from furniture to flooring to electronics—in giant retail spaces.
Mix three parts passion and four parts location with over a century of industry experience and you have Atlanta Flooring Design Centers, based in Suwanee, Ga.
Before Silicone Valley earned its moniker for hosting and developing the country’s technology sector, Don Gupton was as attentive to details in his flooring installations as those young tech start-ups were in building their companies.
