Floor Covering News

1 week ago | fcnews.net | Megan Salzano-Birch

Resilient flooring—including rigid core—remains a heavily imported category, but over the past five years the industry has seen an influx of manufacturers begin to put down roots here in the states. In fact, in just those few short years the U.S. has gone from housing practically zero resilient manufacturers to about 13 domestic producers of vinyl flooring and about eight that specialize in rigid core.

1 week ago | fcnews.net | Ken Ryan

Floor covering retailers are a resourceful lot. No matter the circumstances, they seem to find a way out of a predicament. In the first half of 2025, for example, those in flooring retail have confronted persistently high mortgage rates and tariffs to post results that—in some cases—have safely exceeded year-ago levels. In fact, FCNews found more dealers reporting double-digit increases than those who said business was flat.

1 week ago | fcnews.net | Megan Salzano-Birch

Chicago—NeoCon 2025 was held here last week with optimistic undertones as the commercial design community focused on the future—“Design Ahead” being the optimal theme for this year’s event. Attendance at NeoCon 2025 was on par with last year’s show according to pre-registration numbers. “We had 52,000 attendees last year and we expect that same number this year,” Byron Morton, vice president and co-head of leasing, NeoCon, told FCNews. “Every showroom was busy [on Monday].

1 week ago | fcnews.net | Reginald Tucker

The well-documented resurgence that the U.S. laminate flooring market has undergone in recent years has proven to be more than a passing trend or a “blip” on the proverbial radar. Industry observers across the category’s spectrum agree that the segment has made a legitimate comeback after years of ceding market share to competitive hard surface categories such as LVT, SPC, WPC and even entry-level hardwood and wood hybrids.

1 week ago | fcnews.net | Reginald Tucker

(Editor’s note: Following is the second installment of a 10-part series featuring retailers who signed on to become Mohawk Edge Store Members. This segment focuses on the educational benefits that Edge membership provides.) Despite three decades in the flooring industry, Lorenzo Ledesma, manager of America’s Finest Carpet Company in San Marcos, Calif., would be the first to tell you he doesn’t have all the answers when it comes to the retail segment.