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How is china affecting the flooring business?
In recent years We have had many hard surface products show up in our market that were produced in China. We have seen this do mainly good things and embrace it in our industry. We find ourselves now able to offer wood and laminate flooring of fine quality at very affordable prices to the consumer. Also has been the skyrocketing popularity of bamboo floors which have many brands produced in China. This has driven down the pricing of both wood and laminate flooring and not caused a deterioration in quality IF you know how to determine quality. We see this trend continuing and the Chinese made hard surface products category continuing to grow.
But we are now asking the question is china going to hurt the multi billion dollar carpet industry in the US? It is our opinion that currently because there is no real domestic market for carpet of any size in china, that it will take several years before we need have any worry about that. Most of what is produced there is olefin and of lower quality and the US market has a high demand for upper level carpets focused on design and styling as well as high quality.
We feel this will be a factor one day, but not for several years. For now we are focused on the great things china is doing for the US wood flooring, laminate flooring, and bamboo sectors of our industry.
Jan 2007
Who makes the carpet?
Brand recognition is an important part of any industry,
Perhaps one of the most recognized Brands in the flooring
industry is "Stainmaster" originally owned and marketed by
DuPont most consumers do not realize that "Stainmaster" is not
even a brand of carpeting. CONFUSED? Let us Explain...
Flooring dealer and consumer sentiment
The ineffectiveness of "cat and mouse" games between customer
and Flooring dealer can often create an undesirable result. We
have found that presenting "needs" in a straightforward
manner to your dealer is far more effective and will likely
result in you being much more satisfied with your flooring
purchase. When you are headed to the store...
The flooring consolidation continues!
Just as in most other industries in recent years the
flooring industry has seen a trend toward the consolidation of
companies. Flooring consolidation is happening rapidly. For example just a decade ago there were several possibly even
hundreds of independent carpet mills yet today...
Bamboo flooring...the new hardwood floor?
Bamboo flooring
has been called by some "the new hardwood floor." I do not
believe that is the case, however it sure is taking a chunk
out of hardwood flooring market share. We find ourselves
asking the question why...
Bamboo wood flooring... is it really wood?
Bamboo wood flooring used often by
consumers, but is it really wood? The answer to this may surprise
you...
Bamboo flooring durability...is it all it's cracked up to be?
Bamboo flooring durability is the concern of nearly every
shopper since it is a relatively new product. We have several
installations in place and performing, and we have a pretty good
assessment of...
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