FLOORtalk

October 16, 2012  Keith Ruggieri, Director, Floorcovering, Sherwin-Williams discusses the company’s rise to become the largest wholesale floor covering network in the U.S. Ruggieri talks about the size of the Sherwin-Williams organization, the factors that make in unique in the flooring sector, the customer base it serves and the products it offers.

October 15, 2012   Keith Ruggieri, Director, Floorcovering, Sherwin-Williams discusses the company’s rise to become the largest wholesale floor covering network in the U.S. Ruggieri talks about the size of the Sherwin-Williams organization, the factors that make in unique in the flooring sector, the customer base it serves and the products it offers.

October 12, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks at the market this week and discusses the 19 point decline yesterday after a favorable job claims number earlier in the day. Barker talks about this earnings season with its lowered expectations and the likely market reaction, the continuing negative news from Europe and its sovereign debt crisis and his expectations going forward.

October 11, 2012  Floor covering retailer roundtable featuring, Fred Reinhart, Reinhart Carpet Outlet, Philadelphia, PA, Cynthia Dean, Nufloors, Coquitlam, BC and Paul Johnson, Carpet One, Tulsa, OK. They discuss features of their businesses and their management styles. Each panelist provides a snapshot of their business and their marketplace and Fred Reinhart and Cynthia Dean discuss actions they take within their operations to build margins inside their operations.

October 10, 2012  Floor covering retailer roundtable featuring, Fred Reinhart, Reinhart Carpet Outlet, Philadelphia, PA, Cynthia Dean, Nufloors, Coquitlam, BC and Paul Johnson, Carpet One, Tulsa, OK. They discuss features of their businesses and their management styles. Each panelist provides a snapshot of their business and their marketplace and Fred Reinhart and Cynthia Dean discuss actions they take within their operations to build margins inside their operations.

October 9, 2012  Floor covering retailer roundtable featuring, Fred Reinhart, Reinhart Carpet Outlet, Philadelphia, PA, Cynthia Dean, Nufloors, Coquitlam, BC and Paul Johnson, Carpet One, Tulsa, OK. They discuss features of their businesses and their management styles. Each panelist provides a snapshot of their business and their marketplace and Fred Reinhart and Cynthia Dean discuss actions they take within their operations to build margins inside their operations.

October 8, 2012  Floor covering retailer roundtable featuring, Fred Reinhart, Reinhart Carpet Outlet, Philadelphia, PA, Cynthia Dean, Nufloors, Coquitlam, BC and Paul Johnson, Carpet One, Tulsa, OK. They discuss features of their businesses and their management styles. Each panelist provides a snapshot of their business and their marketplace and Fred Reinhart and Cynthia Dean discuss actions they take within their operations to build margins.

October 5, 2012 Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management analyzes the moves in the market over this week looking at the range of 13.580 to 13.620 on the Dow he discussed last week. Barker comments on Mark Hulbert’s piece on Marketwatch saying "stocks should rise in 4th quarter.”

October 4, 2012  John Thorley, Chairman, the Campaign for Wool, from the Campaign’s Wool Week talks about the event held at Bryant Park in Central Manhattan, where there was an array of carpets and rugs, fabrics and other wool products. Thorley discusses the campaign patroned by HRH The Prince of Wales, which has the goal of introducing the features of wool.

October 3, 2012  Scott Perron, President, Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet provides an update on the company’s model store in Oklahoma City, his recent move to Florida and the growth plans going forward in numbers of franchises as well as stores. Perron talks about the consumer and their quest for value and the needs of the younger customers.