Floor Daily Flooring Professional Podcast

Dave Triepke, CEO with Universal Metro, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and outlook for growth for Dave's commercial flooring contracting business based in Los Angeles.

Amie Gilmore, Show Director for Informa’s Surfaces/TISE expo, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights for next year as the show opens registration for the Las Vegas residential flooring show scheduled for January 27 - 29, 2026.

Bruce Zwicker, a flooring industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss the segment performance within the flooring industry for the first half of the year and the outlook for the remainder of the year.

Gary Scheidker and Anthony Roopnauth, director of technical services and technical sales manager, respectively, with Taylor Adhesives, and Kemp Harr discuss Taylor’s Dynamic product and the firm’s shift to recycled packaging.

Christine Zampaglione, VP of Marketing at Stanton, and Kemp Harr discuss current business conditions and the firm’s focus on building more interior decorator relationships with its new license with the Kravet brand.

Scott Levy, the new sole owner of Arley Wholesale, Inc., and Kemp Harr discuss Arley’s fit as a specialized East Coast distributor that’s primarily focused on tile and stone and sundries but also offers some unique resilient products.

Alex Roberts, CEO of Roberts Carpet and Fine Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss the strategy behind her recent growth at the firm’s 9-location independent flooring retail chain in Houston, Texas. Listen to the interview for more details.

Kevin O’Meara, a veteran and SVP of supply chain and enterprise strategy for Shaw Industries, talks about the importance of the Homes For Our Troops organization for veterans, including one who was paralyzed in Afghanistan. With the help of HFOV, she was able to move into a more accessible home and grow her family.

Stephanie Owen, president and CEO of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and challenges for the wood flooring business and her new role as permanent head of the trade association.

Malisa Maynard, chief sustainability officer for Mohawk, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of last week’s flooring sustainability summit and Mohawk’s recently released 2025 Impact Report.

Sunil Palakodati, CEO with Artivo Surfaces, and Kemp Harr discuss the recent news that the firm was acquiring the Walker Zanger and Anthology brands from Mosaic.

Jim Lloyd, president of Cornerstone Commercial Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the firm’s acquisition of Craft Croswell. Listen to the interview for more details about these two Starnet members coming together.

Miller McNamara, owner of Jimmy Lyle's Flooring Gallery, and Kemp Harr discuss this Mississippi-based flooring dealer’s recent growth and diversity into fabrication.

Scott Banda, co-founder of Climit, and Ali Cheloei, president of Abbey Commercial Flooring, a commercial flooring contractor in the Washington, D.C. area, discuss the benefit of using Climit site monitoring on job sites to ensure site conditions are within spec before the flooring is installed.

Eric Astrachan, executive director of the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), and Kemp Harr discuss the recent challenge to the Department of Commerce’s ruling that India was not selling tile under fair market value.

Cathy Buchanan, owner of Independent Carpet One in Westland, Michigan, and Kemp Harr discuss the pace of sales for 2025 in Cathy's store and CCA Global’s summer regional meetings.

Ryan Dunn, co-president and CEO of Alliance Flooring, and Kemp Harr discuss the buying group's recent in Park City, Utah. Listen to the interview to learn more about the timing of the meeting and the awards that were given out to both the members and the suppliers.

Julian Dossche, president of International Flooring Company (IFC), and Kemp Harr discuss market conditions and the penetration of the firm’s Canopy LVT brand in the market place.

Santo Torcivia, an economist focused on the flooring business and a partner with Floor Focus Magazine, and Kemp Harr discuss the 2026 edition of the U.S. FlooReport that has just been published.

Bruce Zwicker, a flooring industry consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss Bruce’s recent keynote speech to the European Parquet Federation, which allowed him to compare and contrast the E.U’s consumption of hardwood flooring to ours here in the U.S.

Sarah Napoli, an Interior Designer with Corgan in Phoenix, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Sarah's NeoCon/Design Days experience in Chicago last week.

Jackie Dettmar, VP of Marketing, product development and design for The Mohawk Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of Mohawk’s showroom experience at Chicago’s Design Days/NeoCon event for 2025.

Erin Jende, Director of Marketing with Interface, and Kemp Harr discuss Interface’s recent growth, awards and brand positioning at NeoCon 2025.

Dr. Richard Taylor, professor of physics and psychology, and Kemp Harr discuss the award-winning visual designs that Mohawk and Momentum are integrating into their products that reduce stress.

Shannon Cochran, Co-leader at Patcraft, and Kemp Harr discuss Patcraft’s Best of NeoCon and Hip awards and the brand’s 80-year anniversary.