Everything and the kitchen sink too on the TISE 2018 showroom floor.

Posted: February 5, 2018

It was a busy year for INSTALL, the association of professionals from across the entire flooring industry. Installers, contractors, manufacturers, associations and consultants collaborated on many events for one simple goal: to deliver quality flooring installations the industry can take pride in. Here are some highlights from the year.

Posted: Nov. 22, 2017

Carpet One Floor & Home store owners and managers recently gathered in Salt Lake City for their annual summer convention.

Posted: Aug. 17, 2017

Members of Flooring America, Flooring Canada, International Design Guild and The Floor Trader convened August 6-8 at Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center for Building Buzz, where members explored new paths to grow in their marketplace.

The event featured a keynote from Jamie Clarke, CEO of LiveOutThere.com, founder of the Out There Adventure Centre, a brick-and-mortar store in downtown Calgary and LiveOutThere.com, a one of Canada’s 50 fastest-growing ecommerce sites. Clarke gave pointers on how to invigorate teams and succeed in any endeavor. Members attended educational sessions designed to help them improve their skills and strategies in sales, marketing and management and a trade show where they saw the latest introductions and promotions from vendor partners.

Posted: Aug. 11, 2017

Bostik, producer of specialty adhesives and installation systems for building construction, and Artaic Innovative Mosaic, designer and producer of custom tilework, staged a free design workshop for the architecture and design community at Manhattan’s Microsoft Store on March 23.

The evening featured a hands-on tutorial of Artaic’s software, “Tylist,” which drives robots to assemble mosaics. The attendees also learned about the benefits of Bostik’s proprietary Dimension RapidCure glass-filled, pre-mixed, grout that is specified by Artaic. Guests participated in a design competition, and the winner, David Kim, won a Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet.

We’re reporting from The International Surface Event this week.

Posted January 19, 2017

The International Surface Event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, January 18-20, brings together the best and brightest in floor covering each year. The 2017 event promises to be one of the biggest and most engaging yet.

The following are just a small sampling of what to expect on the show floor.

Posted January 6, 2017

Retailers were welcomed to Orlando for CCA Global Partners’ Flooring America/Flooring Canada and Carpet One Floor & Home conventions. The brands shared their latest programs and products in the two-day conneXtion event for Flooring America, immediately followed by the two-day Carpet One Winter Convention, called Engage.

Flooring America/Flooring Canada said it would be partnering more closely with The Floor Trader and the International Design Guild to share programs and resources. According to Keith Spano, Flooring America president, “This allows us to continue to grow and scale our model. We’re encouraging members to open new locations, cross-pollinate and capture different clientele. We now have the outlet model, the luxury model and the full-service retail model.”

Among Carpet One’s announcements was the new C1 Radio, a podcast for members sharing the latest tips, business trends, best practices, product updates and company news.

Both Flooring America and Carpet One unveiled programs including Cutting Edge custom area rugs, Innovia Xtreme Clean carpet and updates to the Vision 20/20 scalable store layout with new focal walls, warmer lighting/fixtures and a concierge-inspired welcome desk.

Also during both events, Mannington Mills’ Chairman Keith Campbell thanked the retailers on hand for their business, while also noting his company’s 100th anniversary milestone. “Thank you. From family-owned company to family-owned company, without you we would not have hit the century mark.”

Following is a gallery of images from the two events. For more information, visit ccaglobalpartners.com, flooringamerica.com or carpetone.com.