Alliance Flooring Services

06/14/2026

🏢 Preparing for a Commercial Flooring Installation?

A successful commercial flooring project starts long before the installation begins. Proper preparation can help minimize disruptions, keep your project on schedule, and ensure a smoother experience for employees, customers, and tenants.

From clearing work areas and coordinating schedules to planning for phased installations, there are several steps businesses can take to make the process more efficient.

In our latest article, we share practical tips on how to prepare your business for a commercial flooring installation and what to expect throughout the process.

👉 Read the full guide:
https://www.allianceflooringservices.com/how-to-prepare-your-business-for-a-commercial-flooring-installation/

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06/04/2026

Flooring Pros Florida Tile redefines wood-look porcelain with Lotus Collection: Lexington, Ky.—Florida Tile has launched its Lotus collection. The porcelain tile line, inspired by the curve of a leaf, blends natural movement with geometric form. The collection aims to give designers a porcelain tile option that feels artistic, dimensional and distinct. “We set out to challenge the expectation of what a wood-look tile can be,” […]

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Florida Tile launched Lotus, a porcelain collection blending wood-look tile, leaf-inspired shapes and geometric detail for spaces.

06/03/2026

Flooring Pros Tuesday Tips: Michelle Nix leads GROW Live event: Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) released a new “Tuesday Tips” this week. In the series, WFCA experts present short video tips for improving customer service and optimizing staff performance. In the end, it’s all about understanding the importance of doing 100 things just 1% better than your competition. In this week’s Tuesday Tips, Michelle […]

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Michelle Nix continues her GROW Live event series with part two of “How to Use DiSC to Build a High-Performing Team.”

06/03/2026

Flooring Pros Pattern matching: Two challenges, one floor: Walk through enough commercial and residential installations and a pattern emerges—not on the floor, but in how problems occur. A seam that looked right during installation appears broken once the room fills with light. A random plank layout that felt balanced during placement visually clusters in one corner. No matter where the mismatch occurs, the […]

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David Gross discusses how pattern matching requires both material alignment and layout ex*****on to prevent visual disruption on the jobsite.

06/03/2026

Flooring Pros Contract: State of the Industry 2026: The commercial flooring segment enters the second half of the year on uneven footing as contractors, manufacturers and specifiers navigate tariffs, labor shortages and cautious market spending. However, some end-use segments are proving to be resilient in the face of ongoing challenges. “In 2025, there was a lot of disruption with tariffs that created a […]

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Contract flooring faces tariffs, labor shortages and economic uncertainty, but healthcare, education and office remain resilient.

06/03/2026

Flooring Pros The downside to lowering prices to attract shoppers: In 2022, Six Flags made a bold—and controversial—move. Under CEO Selim Bassoul, the company raised ticket prices by 25%–34%. The immediate result? Attendance dropped sharply. Critics were quick to call it a mistake. But the deeper story is that even with fewer visitors, per-capita spending increased. That raises the question for flooring retailers: are your […]

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Lisbeth Calandrino explains why lowering prices to attract shoppers can weaken a business built around long-term value.

06/02/2026

Flooring Pros Kährs takes wraps off new Zero Mod LVT line: Kährs, primarily known for its innovative, eco-friendly, stylish wood flooring products, is demonstrating its manufacturing prowess in another product segment—resilient. Utilizing the knowledge gleaned from the production of its popular, high-performance Zero Sheet collection, the company now offers a modular LVT option. Dubbed Zero Mod—a play on “Zero” (no PVCs or plasticizers) and “modular”—the new […]

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Kährs expanded its PVC-free flooring portfolio with Zero Mod, a modular LVT solution for education and healthcare spaces.

06/02/2026

Flooring Pros Karndean’s Fulton discusses what’s to come: Noah Fulton was recently named CEO of Karndean, culminating 20-plus years of rising through the ranks. That resume made Fulton the obvious choice to lead the LVT-only supplier into the future. Fulton stresses it will be business as usual as the company navigates through some global headwinds. FCNews publisher Steven Feldman recently sat down with […]

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Karndean's Noah Fulton discusses tariffs, pricing, inventory strategy and why it remains focused on leading the LVT category.

06/02/2026

Flooring Pros Pergo Event seeks to drive in-store traffic: The National Pergo Event is back in 2026 with a clearer message, customizable tools and a national platform to drive in-store traffic. Kicking off this summer, the event is leaning into simplicity with a clarified banner: Up to $1,000 back in your pocket. The clear and concise tagline will run nationally to create a consistent […]

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Mohawk's 2026 National Pergo Event combines rebates, customizable marketing and new products to help retailers drive sales.

06/02/2026

Flooring Pros How to influence buyers using Autocomplete: (Part 3 in a series) I asked Jason Messick, owner of RelentlessBusinessMastery.com, what most dealers are overlooking right now. “Autocomplete,” he said. “That’s one of the most underutilized opportunities in search today.” If you have ever started typing something into Google and seen suggestions appear before you finish, you have seen autocomplete in action. Most […]

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Jim Armstrong explains that one thing most dealers are overlooking right now is autocomplete, an underutilized opportunity in search today.