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2 weeks ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
LICO innovates technical & sustainable answers to market challenges[Müstair, Switzerland] LICO Quality Swiss Floors has clear goals: to bring well-designed, quality products to market that solve problems from performance needs to tackling other industries’ environmental issues.
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2 weeks ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
LICO US introduces natural True Earth FloorWorks to the market[Neenah, Wisc.] LICO US is bringing True Earth FloorWorks to the States offering beauty, performance and sustainability to the marketplace. 100 percent plastic free and made of 79 percent recycled natural content, the company vows to “Save the environment one floor at a time.”LICO US president Rob Rebman said the company is pioneering a new category.
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2 weeks ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
LICO innovates technical & sustainable answers to market challenges[Müstair, Switzerland] The footprint here in the Val Müstair region — which borders both Italy and Austria, is a well thought-out blueprint of production, warehouse, design and laboratory. On LICO’s premises, there is a warehouse that stores phthalate-free vinyl slabs purchased in Asia and Europe and then transformed with HDF or rigid core here.
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2 weeks ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
It’s been a rough couple of years for the flooring industry. Having finalized the annual Top 50 Retailer listing late last month, we have a good idea of industry performance at the dealer level. There were retailers that made gains, more than I would have predicted. But many, even some sitting at the top of the list, posted business decline. When times are tough and you are slugging it out for each sale — and we know many of you are — it’s understandable to sell what you know, what is easy.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
Here at FCW, our commitment to floor covering specialty retail is comprehensive and steadfast. We look at the business from many angles that together provide a clear picture of business across the country. Our annual Top 50 Retailer listing serves as a benchmark for the industry. At a glance, you can see gains and losses, growth and contraction.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
Abbey Carpet & Floor and Floors To Go provide tools to grow[Tampa, Fla.] Abbey Carpet & Floor and Floors To Go emphasized the importance of the franchise’s digital marketing and its private label programs as key differentiators and assets to help its retail members win in a challenging marketplace.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
Shaw’s Baucom presents a ‘growth mindset’[Tampa, Fla.] Here at the Abbey Carpet & Floor and Floors To Go convention, Tim Baucom, president and CEO, Shaw Industries, took the stage telling attendees that, while the company has had a great partnership with the franchise for almost 40 years, there is more to do together and ways to shape the future for success. “A growth mindset can elevate flooring. Flooring should be a higher priority in the home,” he reported.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
Monday, March 10, 2025
In the dead of winter here in New York, where temperatures can be 19 or even 17 degrees first thing in the morning, I long for the spring days when we can gather outside in the warmth to play games — we have a dart board, ping pong table and cornhole available outside our back door. For cool nights, there is a fire pit and we’ve strung lights from corner to corner creating an evening twinkle. Outdoor spaces represent a lot of things.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber
In the dead of winter here in New York, where temperatures can be 19 or even 17 degrees first thing in the morning, I long for the spring days when we can gather outside in the warmth to play games — we have a dart board, ping pong table and cornhole available outside our back door. For cool nights, there is a fire pit and we’ve strung lights from corner to corner creating an evening twinkle. Outdoor spaces represent a lot of things.
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1 month ago | 
floorcoveringweekly.com | Amy Rush-Imber |Mallory Cruise- McGrath
AHF builds on its brand legacy & US footprint[Las Vegas] Here at The International Surfaces Event (tise), AHF flexed its hard surface muscle while honoring its past and present — a broad portfolio of every hard surface category along with a nod to its famed Christmas pattern sheet vinyl. “Our focus this year is on our heritage and legacy of the brands,” said Jennifer Zimmerman, chief commercial officer. With 35 collections and 500 SKUs, AHF has a lot to talk about.
