FLOORtalk

March 26, 2012 Keith Hughes, Director in Equity Research, SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey, discusses the floor covering industry’s 4rd quarter, the durables sector, consumer confidence, the housing and the replacement markets, the performance of Mohawk, Interface and Armstrong, as well as his expectations for the 1st quarter.

March 23, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, discusses the weakness in the market this week and the probable causes and where its likely to go next week. He looks at the rising price of gasoline and its impact on the economy, commentary on the slow economic growth from economist David Rosenberg, whether the housing market has bottomed and growth in China.

March 22, 2012

Keith Hughes, Director in Equity Research, SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey, discusses the floor covering industry’s 4rd quarter, the durables sector, consumer confidence, the housing and the replacement markets, the performance of Mohawk, Interface and Armstrong, as well as his expectations for the 1st quarter.

March 21, 2012

Keith Hughes, Director in Equity Research, SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey, discusses the floor covering industry’s 4rd quarter, the durables sector, consumer confidence, the housing and the replacement markets, the performance of Mohawk, Interface and Armstrong, as well as his expectations for the 1st quarter.

March 13, 2012 

Steve Rausch, Field Marketing & Technical Manager, USG, provides an overview of the ceramic sector, discussing innovation in product development and newly created channels to the marketplace. Rausch also offers an update on changes with industry standards and building codes.

March 12, 2012 

Steve Rausch, Field Marketing & Technical Manager, USG, provides an overview of the ceramic sector, discussing innovation in product development and newly created channels to the marketplace. Rausch also offers an update on changes with industry standards and building codes.

March 9, 2012 

Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management discusses, the ups and down in the market this week, with the Dow dropping below the 12,850 mark and his expectation on where the market will go from here. Barker also discusses the Greek debt swap, how the market will likely react and if the danger of a default has been diverted.

March 8, 2012 

Lew Migliore, the Industry's Troubleshooter, in the Case of the Mistaken Retailer.

March 7, 2012  The third and final part of our interview with Evan Hackel, President, Ingage.

March 6, 2012

The second part of the interview with Evan Hackel, President, Ingage.