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		<title>Aacer Flooring adds jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peshtigo, Wis. – Aacer Flooring vice president of sales and marketing Kevin Barker announced today Aacer Flooring has added 25 full time positions and more production time. “The events of the last 2 years have been truly astounding at Aacer Flooring. As many were writing off Aacer Flooring to become a statistic of the poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishman Flooring Solutions employees purchase all outstanding stock</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore, Md. – Fishman Flooring Solutions has announced that it has purchased all outstanding shares of the company’s stock, giving its employees 100 percent ownership of the business.  The company is one of the largest distributors of flooring installation supplies in the nation and is the leading distribution firm in the markets it serves.  Terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flexitions introduces sustainable transition moldings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario, Calif. — Flexitions, manufacturer and marketer of the line of stainable flexible transition moldings, has developed an innovative and proprietary product line of doorway thresholds for use within residential multi-family housing, commercial and hospitality applications. Appropriately named, “Flexitions Forever Doorway Thresholds”, they will simply last forever and come with a lifetime guarantee. The Flexitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilford Flooring tours mills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 22-24, 2012, Gilford’s entire Sales Team toured both Somerset Hardwood and IVC. These tours were part of Gilford’s education program to further equip their dealers on education of both IVC and Somerset products. The Gilford Sales Team toured the Somerset new engineered hardwood’s plant in Crossville, Tennessee, where the latest in engineered flooring technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mohawk home launches Pinterest Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calhoun, Ga.–Mohawk Home reports nearly 500 followers on its recently debuted Pinterest page, which provides another social media outlet in addition to Facebook, Twitter and the company’s You Tube Channel. Mohawk Home’s virtual cork boards located at Pinterest.com/mohawkhome are arranged by style or by room. They have categories set up for easy inspiration such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook and your privacy: Who sees the data you share on the biggest social network?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Consumer Reports Staff/Consumer Reports — May 3, 2012 If you&#8217;re reading this article, chances are good you have a page on Facebook, too. More than 150 million Americans already use the site, and the number grows daily because Facebook makes it so easy to keep up with friends, family, and colleagues, discover great content, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advantage America: For mills, it’s all about being in ‘quality control’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great advantages for companies that make product both abroad and in the U.S. is the ability to control their fate. In the case of quality control, firms that manufacture here are able to shape their own destiny as they reassure customers that product will get to them in a timely—and profitable—fashion. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CARE: Celebrating a decade of national carpet recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding aftermarket potential for PET is next frontier by Matthew Spieler San Diego—While members of the carpet industry had been working on ways to divert products from the landfill and recycle them into either new carpet or another end-use product since the early 1990s, it wasn’t until the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) was created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Floorcovering Alliance: Warm weather drives first quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But start of spring uncharacteristically slow by Steven Feldman Dove Mountain, Ariz.—The soon-to-be 40 members of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) found business slowing in April after a stronger-than-usual first quarter. While things usually pick up in the spring, the warm winter may have driven consumers to make flooring purchases that in other years would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social networking becomes tool for success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily J. Cappiello Social networking is no longer an added part of success; it has become one of the main tools to help businesses thrive. Social networking allows companies to get closer to their customers and can even help consumers find local flooring stores, since Facebook is becoming an ever-increasingly popular search engine as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al&#8217;s column</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COVERINGS UP: Maybe it was the improving economy; maybe it was the show’s return to Florida; maybe it was the abundance of firsts offered. Whatever it was, the 2012 edition of Coverings not only stopped a three-year decline, attendance jumped 19% for the nation’s largest tile and stone show. According to show officials, registration figures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random ramblings from the road</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is in the rear view mirror. The Kentucky Derby has been run. I can smell Memorial Day weekend, which means summer is just around the corner. Sort of. Last month was nothing short of a whirlwind. If I was in the office for five days it was a lot. National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starnet celebrates 20 years with record turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Matthew Spieler Fajardo, Puerto Rico—Twenty years ago, changes were taking place that still reverberate today: In politics, Bill Clinton and the Democrats were taking office; in entertainment, Jay Leno replaced Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show,” and in flooring, 12 flooring contractors got together to form what is today the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism abounds as serious buyers drive traffic, sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Iannaco Orlando, Fla.—Coverings, the nation’s largest ceramic tile and natural stone show, returned to its roots here from April 17 to 20 as more than 800 exhibitors strutted their stuff for the entire A&#38;D community and more to see. Things seemed to be looking up as reactions from most participants surveyed were very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAPEI joins Collaborative for High Performing Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deerfield Beach, Fla. – MAPEI Corporation has joined the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) and has registered a number of its adhesives, mortars, grouts and waterproofing products with the CHPS High Performance Products database. “We believe the programs that have evolved from the Collaborative for High Performance Schools provide a standard that sets the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IICRC accepting feedback on ANSI/IICRC S520</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver, Wash. – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is initiating the revision of ANSI/IICRC S520: 2008 Standard and Reference Guide on Professional Mold Remediation. IICRC is currently accepting informal comments and feedback on the ANSI/IICRC S520: 2008 version in an effort to create an updated and streamlined revised standard. As this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centiva announces Green Way video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luxury vinyl tile manufacturer Centiva announces the launch of a new video on The Centiva Green Way. This is the second in a series of video pieces on Centiva and its products. The video features company employees as they discuss its environmental initiatives and their importance to the brand and its future. The video campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIA launches iStone app for iPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland — Marble Institute of America, the authoritative source for natural stone standards and education, and studiomarmo, the renowned Italian expert on natural stone graphic and web design, have announced the much anticipated release of iStone, a natural stone swatch application for the iPad that is available in the Apple App Store. iStone is presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HomerWood wins platinum and gold ADEX awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Titusville, Pa. – HomerWood  Premium Hardwood Flooring has garnered two ADEX (Award for Design Excellence) awards—the distinction awarded by Design Journal, a leading international design trade magazine. Competing from among record 2,000+ entries, HomerWood received ADEX Gold for its superior Oil Naturals Finish and top-level Platinum for one of its hot custom hardwood flooring designs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPS utilizes top five yarn tailouts creating Oscar Worthy products</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[City of Industry, Calif. – An award-winning film starts with a great story and Bentley Prince Street’s latest product offering has just that. Oscar Worthy is a celebration of the company’s love for the creative arts, but also continues its heritage of environmental sustainability by incorporating remnants of the company’s top five yarns into its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leggett &amp; Platt carpet cushion, rebranding and breakthrough selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The industry leader uses first-ever carpet pad consumer research to reinvent its brand and shape an interactive, store-tested approach to selling Carthage, Mo. — Diversified manufacturer Leggett &#38; Platt announced that its Carpet Cushion division has unveiled a new brand look and sales technique based on in-depth consumer research, the first of its kind in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Striations Biobased Tile awarded bronze in International Design Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armstrong Commercial Flooring was honored with a Bronze award in Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation for STRIATIONS BBT BioBased Tile in the 2011 International Design Awards (IDA). Architects and designers of interiors, fashion, products, and graphics submitted entries from over 65 countries throughout the world, proving IDA&#8217;s global emphasis. Winners were recognized for their excellence in originality, creativity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extraordinary people article by Rick Gregory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GO_Rick Gregory]]></description>
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		<title>Shaw launches Pinterest presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing home design enthusiasts across the country with inspiration and an easy way to save their favorite ideas, Shaw Floors, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and a leading flooring provider, is pleased to announce the launch of its official presence on Pinterest, an online community that allows users to save photos by “pinning” them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tandus launches campaign highlighting its resilient flooring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dalton — Customers of Tandus Flooring’s Powerbond believe so much in a hybrid resilient sheet flooring, the company is launching a two pronged campaign to showcase the product’s unique attributes. The campaign rewards “Believers” of Powerbond with a chance to win $1000 a month through an online submission form, and for those who are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining quality to consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Matthew Spieler In recent years, manufacturing has gotten to the point where some low-end products have a high-end look and feel. This is especially true in laminate. In fact, there are products that if brought back in time to just 10 years ago, they would qualify as mid- to high-end goods. So what’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silence is golden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kelly Kramer Early on in my sales career I decided if I had to use negative and deceptive closing tactics, I would have to find a different profession. Everything I was taught was to “never stop asking for the sale.” Terms like “over come the objection and close.” Then repeat that until the customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metroflor seeks to ‘Engage’ consumers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New floating LVT employs Uniclic locking system Norwalk, Conn.—Anyone who attended Surfaces couldn’t help but notice the onslaught of luxury vinyl tile products utilizing the increasingly popular locking systems. Ironically, many of the companies introducing these products were not resilient suppliers but rather laminate and/or wood manufacturers. One of the few pure resilient suppliers that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get the most out of your retail website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many factors to consider when designing and developing a retail website. The list can seem endless, but in reality, if you look carefully, you’ll see there are certain elements more important than others—elements that are used consistently among the most successful retail websites. Once you have completed the planning stages of your website, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go along to get along</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Warren Tyler My feeling has always been to listen to criticism, try to accept it and change for the better. Anytime I find something I think that will make the industry more efficient, I write or speak about it. For instance, while I believe that our manufacturers make beautiful and practical flooring, I do [...]]]></description>
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