Jeff King, legal counsel for the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA), provides an update on the legal aspects of retail claims and discusses the basic categories all claims usually fall into.

Tom Jennings, vice president of professional development for the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and chairman of the All Industry Installation Task Force from TISE 2017, provides an update of the activities of the task force, including reaching installation and training curriculums. Jennings also talks about the pros and cons of employee vs. contractor installers, the popularity among retailers of shifting employee contractors, and the changes taking place among retailers in the industry with regards to the levels of service they should offer.

Tom Jennings, vice president of professional development for the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and chairman of the All Industry Installation Task Force from TISE 2017, provides an update of the activities of the task force, including reaching installation and training curriculums. Jennings also talks about the pros and cons of employee vs. contractor installers, the popularity among retailers of shifting employee contractors, and the changes taking place among retailers in the industry with regards to the levels of service they should offer.

Bill Yeadon, training facilitator, discusses growth in the maintenance arena in 2016 and noteworthy technological changes that took place during the year in both the residential and commercial sectors. Yeadon also discusses some of the largest problems facing the industry, including the shortage of qualified technicians and the number of companies operating in the maintenance business.

Bill Yeadon, training facilitator, discusses growth in the maintenance arena in 2016 and noteworthy technological changes that took place during the year in both the residential and commercial sectors. Yeadon also discusses some of the largest problems facing the industry, including the shortage of qualified technicians and the number of companies operating in the maintenance business.

Bill Yeadon, training facilitator, discusses growth in the maintenance sector in 2016 and noteworthy technological changes that took place during the year in both the residential and commercial sectors. Yeadon also discusses some of the largest problems facing the industry, including the shortage of qualified technicians and the number of companies operating in the maintenance business.

Posted: February 21, 2017

Howard Brodsky, Co-CEO & Chairman CCA Global Partners, discusses a campaign called Cooperatives For A Better World, a non-profit group where he serves as chairman, which was formed to highlight the benefits of cooperatives and to build awareness of the benefits of co-ops. He contrasts co-ops with corporations and shares the number of co-op businesses, members and employees as well as the rollout of the association’s plans to engage employees of co-ops, empower them and capture the attention of the public.

Posted: February 16, 2017

Howard Brodsky, Co-CEO & Chairman, CCA Global Partners discusses a campaign called Cooperatives For A Better World, a non-profit group where he serves as chairman, which was formed to highlight the benefits of cooperatives and to build awareness to the benefits of coops. He contrasts co-ops with corporations and shares the number of co-op businesses, members and employees as well as the rollout of the associations plans to engage employees of co-oops, empower them and capture the attention of the public.

Posted: February 14, 2017

Scott Levy, President, Arley Wholesale provides a thumbnail and history of the Arley organization discussing growth in the tile and stone sector as well as growth at Arley during the period. He discusses the biggest break throughs in the industry during the year as well as its biggest problems including the industry’s problems related to qualified installers. Levy shares his expectations for 2017 as he looks at the importance of the wood look in the ceramic sector, market share gains in the market place and his expectations for gains in the future.

Posted: February 9, 2017

Scott Levy, President, Arley Wholesale provides a thumbnail and history of the Arley organization discussing growth in the tile and stone sector as well as growth at Arley during the period. He discusses the biggest break throughs in the industry during the year as well as its biggest problems including the industry’s problems related to qualified installers. Levy shares his expectations for 2017 as he looks at the importance of the wood look in the ceramic sector, market share gains in the market place and his expectations for gains in the future.

Posted: February 7, 2017