Every two weeks, FCNews seeks out flooring dealers across the country to offer their advice on hot topics of the day. This week we asked: What advantage do you have over a big box store?
Here are their responses:
Knowledge. Click flooring can go anywhere, right? The big box stores certainly will have you believing that. Their staff lacks proper knowledge and experience. Knowledge and experience are traits that are palpable when you step into our store.
– Ben Case, Carpet Collection, Lockport, N.Y.
The biggest advantage a local retailer has over the big box stores is the ability to correct the ship quickly as needed and provide the human touch as it relates to team members and customers. Personal service and attention.
– Carlton Billingsley, Floors and More, Benton, Ark.
The big boxes do not give the personalized service that independent stores give. If we get an opportunity to be with a big box customer, we have the advantage of selling them almost every time. From the personalized service we give them, to the price savings we can afford them and finally to the professional installation that we perform, it works to our advantage.
– John Taylor, Taylor Carpet One Floor & Home, Fort Myers, Fla.
We have professional in-house installation, salespeople who follow the sale from start to finish and we are able to turn on a dime if there are any hiccups in the process such as stock availability. And being local, we actually care about the consumer’s finished project.
– Mike Foulk, Foulk’s Flooring America, Meadville, Pa.
Our advantage is service, product knowledge and installation. We ar a specialty flooring store that provides unmatched service with professional flooring experts who have the knowledge to help customers find the perfect floor that matches their needs and wants. We provide timely professional installation of all the products we sell.
– Jon Dauenhauer, Carpet World, Bismarck, N.D.
