FLOORtalk

July 11, 2013 Larry Winter, Winter & Scoggings CPAs and an expert on small business discusses the growing problem of fraud and theft within the small business community and how business people put safeguards in place to reduce the likelihood they will suffer from these types of losses.

July 10, 2013 Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute discusses the moods of retailers and manufacturers in the U.S. and the reported slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector and how it is affecting the flooring industry.

July 9, 2013 Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute discusses the moods of retailers and manufacturers in the U.S. and the reported slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector and how it is affecting the flooring industry.

July 8, 2013 Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute discusses the moods of retailers and manufacturers in the U.S. and the reported slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector and how it affecting the flooring industry.

July 5, 2013 Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble Shooter and President, LGM Technical Carpet Surfaces, discusses a problem he encountered in the field. The problem deals with engineered hardwood flooring that suffered shrinking and denting.

July 3, 2013 Dev O’Reilly, CEO at software provider Roll Master discusses the early years of the Roll Master organization, how it elected to adopt the cloud model to make its floor covering software available to retailers and some of the earliest tools that were developed.

July 2, 2013 Dev O’Reilly, CEO at software provider Roll Master discusses the early years of the Roll Master organization, how it elected to adopt the cloud model to make its floor covering software available to retailers and some of the earliest tools that were developed.

July 1, 2013 Dev O’Reilly, CEO at software provider Roll Master discusses the early years of the Roll Master organization, how it elected to adopt the cloud model to make its floor covering software available to retailers and some of the earliest tools that were developed.

June 28, 2013 Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Troubleshooter, President, LGM & Associates Technical Flooring Services discusses a problem he was called in on involving a carpet that was installed in a location of a 160 store chain, where the seams were not visible and the adhesive application at the seem did not appear to be adequate.

June 27, 2013 Peter Conant, Principal, New York based Conant Architects discusses the firm and it clients, the New York market and the changes occurring in office environments and shifts in client floor covering preferences. Conant also talks about Neocon and the floor covering products that impressed him at the show.