June 29, 2012  Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute, looks back at NeoCon 2012 commenting on its traffic, its mood and the products rolled out at the show. Gould also talks about NeoCon’s exhibitors including Lumber Liquidators. Also discussed are the expansion of IVC and recent changes in the distribution sector.

June 29, 2012  Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute, looks back at NeoCon 2012 commenting on its traffic, its mood and the products rolled out at the show. Gould also talks about NeoCon’s exhibitors including Lumber Liquidators. Also discussed are the expansion of IVC and recent changes in the distribution sector.

June 25, 2012  Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute, looks back at NeoCon 2012 commenting on its traffic, its mood and the products rolled out at the show. Gould also talks about NeoCon’s exhibitors including Lumber Liquidators. Also discussed are the expansion of IVC and recent changes in the distribution sector.

June 22, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, talks about the Fed’s move this week to extend Operation Twist and the market’s less than impressive reaction as he reviews the week on Wall Street. Barker discusses Moody’s lowering the credit ratings of 15 of the world’s largest banks, the slowing in China and other developing economies, the housing market, the drop in crude and what he’ll be focusing on going forward.

June 21, 2012  Keith Lacognata, VP Sales & Marketing, GTP International, discusses Free Fit Floor, a glueless, 4mm thick line of LVT, planks and tiles. Lacognata talks about the product’s dimensional stability, how it was developed, its patented suction technology backing and its 15-year commercial warranty.

June 20, 2012 Keith Lacognata, VP Sales & Marketing, GTP International, discusses Free Fit Floor, a glueless, 4mm thick line of LVT, planks and tiles. Lacognata talks about the product’s dimensional stability, how it was developed, its patented suction technology backing and its 15-year commercial warranty.

June 19, 2012  John Simonson, President, Webstream Dynamics and Marketing Your Store offers insight into the situation many retailers find themselves; that of making arrangements for a company website, needing to make decisions involving features presented in terms that are tantamount to a foreign language. Simonson helps retailers understand the consumer and the pitfalls in some of the formatted mini-sites available in the industry

June 18, 2012  Keith Lacognata, VP Sales & Marketing, GTP International discusses Free Fit Floor, a glueless, 4mm thick, line of LVT, planks and tiles. Lacognata talks about the product’s dimensional stability; how it was developed, its patented suction technology backing and its 15-year commercial warranty.

June 15, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks back at the market this week and the 12,600 level, which he pegged as being important and was hit and surpassed yesterday. Barker discusses yesterday’s announcement concerning the coordination of global central banks making ready a possible negative outcome of Sunday’s election in Greece, the less than positive economic news in this country and possible Fed action and also what he’s focusing in going forward.

June 14, 2012  Scott Perron, President of Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet talks about the opening of the company’s model store in Oklahoma City, his new role at that facility, including working the sales floor as well as some of the new ideas being developed at the location. Perron also discusses the company’s expansion plans, the prime focus of those plans and the company’s upcoming convention.