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Shanghai Day 3 – Some Ads
Here are some ads for some brands that are sold internationally. I just thought it was interesting to see who was advertising and what the brands that…
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Shanghai Day 3
I am going to leave a few more photos online here. Entry sign. Normal questionable translation. “Welcome to Visit” The large pavillion was well prepared…
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Shanghai Day 2
I am behind on posting, my schedule is tight here. But in my quest to post some photos from the show continues. Below I have pasted some interesting looks…
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Domotex Shanghai Day 1
Whew, my feet hurt. I saw many many companies today. Some folks we have dealt with for years and years and I even met some new companies today. I also…
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Landed in Shanghai
Well I landed in Shanghai about 10 hours ago, got a quick nap and now it’s almost time to goto work. I am here attending the Domotex China show to meet…
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Technorati
Technorati — archived post from Floor du Jour.
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Entry Mats – Use ’em (mats) or Lose ’em (your floors)
A quick note: Always use walk off mats at your doorways. Both the outside the door and inside the door should have little walk off mats to make sure that…
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Floors Today – Gone Tomorrow
There are so many wannabes in the flooring business. One recent failure is the group known as Floors Today (orginally started as Laminate Kingdom.) Very…
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Radio
After the sales team beat me down to offer the financing this week the marketing group has decided to take a page from their book and compelled me to do a…
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Harmonized Tariffs
I am not sure what most people think of when they hear the phrase harmonized tariff, but it will mean higher prices to US consumers. For whatever reason…
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Ohhhh good stuff
Just saw some new introductions coming in shortly. It is going to be a very busy spring. Keep you eyes peeled for some new items coming in over the next…
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Kudos – not
I got a recent email from a customer who we dropped the ball on. Although rare, when we fail to meet our customer’s expectations it always bothers me. It…
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Wide Plank – high end look
Wide planks in any format flooring are cool. The wide plank look in laminate, hybrids and vinyl are fine, but the really cool stuff is the wide plank…
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We’re breaking new records!
The demand just keeps going up! We have one of our largest days in history recently and the bandwidth graph is a good illustration of that. Notice that we…
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Tile
Ceramic Tile is especially nice to use in bathrooms & other wet areas. We have a great line at iFLOOR called Casa Tile. I think the Porcelain tile is…
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Kitchen Floors
If you are like a lot of homeowners you spend a significant part of your day in the kitchen. I find myself usually opening and closing the refrigerator…
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0% Financing
Well the sales department finally beat me down to offer a Wells Fargo financing plan for 15 months with 0% interest and no payments! DETAILS That costs…
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Kudos to Hannah and Berns!
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:03:05 -0700, Rose wrote > Hi, > > Just wanted you to know that Hannah Carlson went above and beyond the ordinary in helping me get…
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Kudos to James
James, Thanks for everything! We love the cork flooring. We haven’t put it down yet, because we’re renovating the area it’s going in and don’t want to…
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Kudos to James & Wilmington Crew!
James, Thanks a million for the installation photos, it does help to see how it looks in a real setting. I have to hand it to your sales & marketing…
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Kudos to Gabriel
——————————————————————————– From: Jimmy Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: My Experience with iFloor.com I just wanted to let you know that I…
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All Glamour no Glitza?
Some folks have been asking about Glitza recently which is a brand name of finish that has been extraordinaily Some folks have been asking about Glitsa…
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Emissions from Cork Flooring?
From: Hugh Date: Mar 15, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: Cork Flooring Odor I am trying to get this message to the CEO-Steve S.. I visited the iFloor outlet in S…
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Kudos to Anna
Anna Llovit, Got the samples, and they were for my mother-inlaw. She liked one of them. We bought Harris Tarkett flooring twice from you a few years ago…
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What is a veneer?
I have seen several emails recently from folks who have seen a newer kind of flooring referred to as hybrid or veneers, but it can be confusing to folks…
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A Successful Kahrs Installation –
A great customer named Andy who is 77 years young submitted the following story and photos. He is a inspiration to us all! =========================== Six…
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High heels will dent hardwood. Believe it!
——————————————————————————– Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Mannington Floor – Magellan Oak Steve: I am wondering if you have had any…
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Kudos to Ali and the iFLOOR Orlando team
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:23:01 -0400, Bill wrote > I purchased an installation kit, 2 end caps, 1 T-molding, and 7 boxes of Jatoba laminate at the West…
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Kudos to Andrew in iFLOOR Melbourne!
——————————————————————————– Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: Re:Andrew Hanson I recently purchased flooring and some other project…
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Kudos to Tommy at iFLOOR Atlanta
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: Tommy Shobert Dear Sir, I would like to acknowledge the exceptional service that I received from Tommy…
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Kudos to Lee
——————————————————————————– Subject: Purchase with iFloor.com Good Morning, Dropping you a line to let you know I had a very good experience with the…
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Some Feedback and a Question
> Steve, > > I love the fact that you are passionate about your job – you are > inspirational! > > First – Feedback on flooring: I had Pergo and Wilsonart…
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Maintenance – yes, it is still required
Well here I am typing about flooring maintenance. Not the most sexy topic obviously, but it is so critical to overall satisfaction with flooring of ANY…
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Does vinyl expand and contract?
________________________________________ Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: do vinyl planks expand? HI there. We just had vinyl planks…
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March flooring Madness
Wow it is really amazing how much floor buying behavior changes at the start of March. We have had a very strong winter in general, but the very…
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Hardwood Flooring
We have seen alot of increasing prices in hardwood recently. New duties and customs fees are impacting prices of imports, making the US and Canada that…
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China
Going back to China Here is a quick view of some past China pictures via my iBLOKS video:
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Mesquite – more than just a BBQ
Comment: Do you guys sell this as a solid hardwood floor? I couldn’t find it on your website. Also, how common is prefinished mesquite? We live in Texas…
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Built Green 2007 Expo
We’ll be attending the Built Green 2007 expo and even showing a couple product concepts there for builders, architects and designers to take a peek at…
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Spyware
More and more spyware continues to be pervasive in the PC world. People often install games or other “FREE” programs which then also seceretly add…
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Down for the count
Not alot of action here over the last several days. My little kids did me the favor of “sharing” with daddy and so I now am combating some form of average…
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3 key questions
For most people when you start the floor buying process it can be very exciting. For others there is some natural anxiety. Most have a taste of both…
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Ample Samples
Every day we get many many sample requests. I asked the great guys who operate our sample department and we did nearly 250 in just 1 day last week…
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Studio
It’s been a busy day – but I wanted to take a moment to discuss the quality work that our professional photographer and studio have been producing for…
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Linnea wax build up
I have a floating Linnea hardwood floor. One of my cleaning people used a wax on the surface which said it was safe for all polyurethane sealed floors. I…
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What about Traffic Master?
Gail: Hello. I’ve just learned that the Traffic Master Uni-clik Brazilian Cherry we purchased (still unopened)for a bedroom installation is a Home Depot…
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Pergo American Cottage – Opinion?
Steve, I was wondering your opinion of the Pergo American Cottage product. Thanks in advance. Eric. Hi Eric, Thanks for your question. Pergo American…