LVT Demand Keeps Climbing, and the Reasons Are More Structural Than Trendy
Every few years, someone in the flooring industry predicts that luxury vinyl tile has peaked and the…
Flooring Manufacturers Keep Acquiring Smaller Specialty Brands, and the Pattern Says Something About Where Growth Is Coming From
If you follow flooring industry news with any regularity, you’ve probably noticed a recurring pattern: a large,…
SPC and WPC Get Lumped Together Constantly, But the Core Difference Actually Matters
If you’ve spent any time researching rigid core vinyl flooring, you’ve run into the acronyms SPC and…
The Gray Flooring Era Is Winding Down, and What’s Replacing It Says Something About Design Fatigue
Gray flooring had an unusually long and dominant run as the default neutral choice across a huge…
Engineered Hardwood Took Over a Huge Share of the Wood Flooring Market, and Solid Wood Hasn’t Fully Recovered
There was a period when “hardwood flooring” essentially meant solid wood planks, milled from a single piece…
Buying Flooring in Bulk Doesn’t Always Save Money the Way People Assume
There’s a pretty deeply ingrained assumption across procurement generally, and flooring specifically, that buying in larger volumes…
Wide Plank Flooring’s Comeback Is About More Than Just Looking Good
Wide plank flooring has cycled in and out of favor over the decades, and right now it’s…
Acclimation Periods Are Treated as a Formality, But Skipping Them Has a Pretty Specific Failure Pattern
Acclimation, the practice of letting flooring material sit in its installation environment for a defined period before…
Moisture Testing Gets Skipped More Often Than It Should, and the Consequences Show Up Months Later
Moisture testing before installing flooring over a concrete subfloor is about as well-established a recommendation as exists…
Why Flooring Price Quotes From the Same Supplier Can Vary So Much Week to Week
Anyone who’s done meaningful procurement work in the flooring industry has probably experienced the slightly disorienting situation…