Al's Column

(First of two parts) By Eric Wagner—How to get customers to market for you? It’s easier than you think! It’s hard enough doing the...

By Reginald Tucker—Specialty retailers, contractors and other small businesses involved in the floor covering industry who received EIDL funding during the height of the...

Years ago, just before I turned 13, my family traveled to Arizona to visit my grandparents in Prescott. While there, we decided to journey...

A flooring dealer recently asked me, “Should I change the name of my company so I can go after more affluent clients?” It’s an interesting...

(Part one of a three-part series) (Editor’s note: The following article was derived from recorded transcripts of “The Experience Edge,” a presentation that Chris Wallace,...

By Ted Gregerson Collecting money should be fun for specialty retailers. Instead, it is absolute drudgery. You probably spend hours doing it every day....

By Kevin Frazier As independent retailers, we find ourselves constantly faced with myriad obstacles within our flooring business. There are the ongoing serious systemic...

By Sam O'Krent Advertise. Sell. Install. Repeat. You get good at it. You teach it to your staff, and they get good at it....

By Roman Basi It’s tax season. And that means taxpayers and business owners want to pay as little money to the federal government as...