Meg Scarbrough

As floorcovering retailers look for new ways to access more customers, some have turned to shop-at-home programs to expand their reach, bringing the showroom to consumers’ homes with samples and more. Learn what some retailers are doing to succeed.

The Dixie Group celebrates its centennial birthday this year, and editor Meg Scarbrough takes a look back at how people, products and timing helped a hosiery yarn maker in Tennessee become one of the leading carpet manufacturers in the country.

Faced with changes in consumer buying habits, pressure from big box stores and Internet competition, independent flooring retailers across the country look to diversify their offerings to boost sales and increase their client bases.

Editor Meg Scarbrough explores how the carpet industry is looking for creative and innovative ways to save the category as increasing competition from hard surfaces, including LVT, continues to chip away at broadloom’s share of the flooring market.