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Showtime in Solihull The trade’s agenda-setter for the season T H E E STA B L I S H E D CA R P E T B R A N D I N V I C T U S ® N OW B R I N G S YO U L U X U R Y V I N Y L F LO O R I N G

Part 2 of our reviews of ideas and inspiration • pages 48–59

Invincible LVT Associated Weavers, the maker of Invictus® carpet, presents Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring.

With the same attention to quality, the same eye for exclusive designs, and a unique performance level, Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring is the perfect match to Invictus ® carpet.

Always a trailblazer when it comes to branding, Associated Weavers reinvents the in-store display and brings an experience unseen in the flooring business. With traditional samples and an intuitive digital module, Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring invites the customer on a fun-to-do purchasing journey.

AW invokes the Invictus brand to launch a new breed of LVT page 25 A UK brand since 1964

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Flooring Fusion

Abingdon’s tough carpet tile page 28

Life of Riley

Rita Bancroft gets creative page 42–43

Fashionable fibres

Cavalier’s new loops and twists page 56

Weaving an automotive legend page 37

Keeping in trim

Dennis Flower looks at profiles pages 46–47

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01772 696787

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07813 714498

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01429 892555

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01422 374417

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01429 892555

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MERRYFIELD CARPET CUTTING MACHINERY British Manufactured Carpet Cutting Machines THE STOCKLISTS July 2019

Visit ‘Merryfield Carpet’ on YOUTUBE to see our full range of cutting machines or call 01422 373799 3

T H E E STA B L I S H E D CARPET BRAND I N V I C T U S ® N OW B R I N G S YO U L U X U R Y V I N Y L F LO O R I N G www.invictus.co.uk 4

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INVINCIBLE CARPET & FLOORING

Associated Weavers, the maker of Invictus® carpet, presents Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring.

With the same attention to quality, the same eye for exclusive designs, and a unique performance level, Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring is the perfect match to Invictus ® carpet.

Always a trailblazer when it comes to branding, Associated Weavers reinvents the in-store display and brings an experience unseen in the flooring business. With traditional samples and an intuitive digital module, Invictus® luxury vinyl flooring invites the customer on a fun-to-do purchasing journey.

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Any room. Any life.

Stressfree – bleach cleanable • Incredibly resilient Superbly wear-resistant • Pleasantly soft

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Vivendi

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Stressfree carpet for happy people Remember those stressful Sunday afternoons at

Stressfree - bleach cleanable

your grandparents? When you were just a child, and any spill on the carpet was a drama? For better childhood memories, there’s Vivendi®. Stressfree carpet for happy people.

Incredibly resilient

With a Vivendi® carpet, nothing stops you from enjoying life’s best moments. Vivendi® is made with the exclusive iVivo® yarn, a solution dyed nylon of an exceptional quality. It makes

Superbly wear-resistant

Vivendi® carpet bleach cleanable, incredibly resilient, superbly wear-resistant and yet pleasantly soft. With five diverse ranges, there’s a carpet to make all people happy: from playful to dense, from discreet pastels to trendy greys and

Pleasantly soft

intense colours.

Watch the award winning Vivendi-movie and discover full details:

www.vivendi-carpet.co.uk

Ranges

Soul

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Vigour

Ardour

Verve

A UK brand since 1964

Associated Weavers Ltd - F Mill – 2nd Floor East Dean Clough Mills - Halifax - West Yorkshire - HX3 5AX - UK THE STOCKLISTS July 2019

Tel: + 44 1422 431100 sales@associatedweavers.co.uk - www.carpetyourlife.co.uk

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FLOOR LEVELLING IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN

3 Unrivalled Value For Money 3 No Primer Required 3 Use Over Old Adhesive Residues 3 Fast Setting – Walk On After 60 minutes 3 Fast Drying – Lay Coverings After 4 hours A great finish starts with F. Ball

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01538 361 633 • mail@f-ball.co.uk • www.f-ball.co.uk/1200-GB

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SPIRIT - Jinn 7-2007 80% Wool 20% Nylon Woven Axminster Available 3.66m wide For more information please visit our website, www.bondworth.co.uk Townshend Works, Puxton Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5DF T+44(0)1562 745000 F+44(0)1562 732827

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Luxury floors for every home and lifestyle Discover outstanding retailer opportunities at www.bramptonchase.co.uk/become-a-retailer or speak with our team directly on 01604 664855 10

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Columbia Flooring plc

The Leading Country Wide Carpet & Flooring Suppliers We can supply you with virtually any make of carpet and flooring at GUARANTEED maker’s list price.......

Delivered direct to business premises FREE OF CHARGE. For a Speedy and Efficient Service

Call US NOW!!!

020 8443 3322

sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooringplc.co.uk Opening Times: Monday - Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon Tel: 0208 443 3322 Fax: 0208 805 2346 TRAFALGAR TRADING ESTATE, JEFFREYS ROAD, ENFIELD , MIDDLESEX, EN3 7TY.

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New from Fells Carpets

Taking the feature wall to create a feature floor

Regent Moderns – Tubescape Rebel Yell

NEW B2B WEB SITE www.fellscarpets-sales.co.uk CHECK OUR FULL OFFER AND ORDER ONLINE (LIVE STOCK)

EXCITING, BOLD AND UNIQUE RANGES

FROM THE UK’s LARGEST PATTERNED CARPET STOCKISTS See your local representative for more details

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First choice flooring for every room

Carefree Twist – your new family favourite A hard-wearing, family-friendly easy-care carpet that’s perfect for rooms with heavy footfall. That’s what you get with the new Carefree Twist range from Furlong Flooring.

Made in the UK from 2-ply twist using best-selling bleach-cleanable Carefree fibres, this carpet can take anything the family throws at it. When life happens, Carefree Twist can cope.

Available in 15 on trend colourways in both heathered and plain tones, Carefree Twist also features Combi-bac – our easy to fit backing with reduced chances of scuffing of walls.

Carefree twist - outstanding features

The impressive 10-year guarantee that comes with the range protects against more than just food and drink – it covers absolutely everything, with the one exception of gloss paint.

As you’d expect from Furlong Flooring, the new Carefree Twist range comes with all our service guarantees, including fast response, product quality and excellent customer service.

100% bleach cleanable fibres. Keeping your carpet looking great and easy to clean.

To find out how we could be your ideal flooring partner contact Furlong Flooring today.

Carpet www.furlongflooring.co.uk

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Furlong Flooring

ALAN CAIRNIE EAST SCOTLAND M: 07976 311434

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SCOTLAND

The people who care about your success

PAUL LOVELL NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & CAMBS

TONY CONWAY BEDS, NORTHANTS, OXON & BUCKS

M: 07816 217549

M: 07791 891025

plovell@furlongflooring.com

acairnie@furlongflooring.com CHRIS GRUBB WEST SCOTLAND

tconway@furlongflooring.com PETER FLETCHER FLETCHER HAMPSHIRE & DORSET

JOHN AKIEN EAST & WEST SUSSEX M: 07791 891024

M: 07970 163372

M: 07816 217561

TIM BAILEY SOUTH EAST WALES & HEREFORDSHIRE M: 07794 048414

tbailey@furlongflooring.com JASON BRIMBLE AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE M: 07794 041266

jakien@furlongflooring.com

HARD FLOORING SPECIALISTS

WALES & SOUTH WEST

cgrubb@furlongflooring.com

pfletcher@furlongflooring.com ADAM CLARK S.YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE, LINCS NORTH EAST, EAST COAST, NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE

GUY FERGUSON KENT, HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, SURREY, EAST & WEST SUSSEX M: 07816 217 558

M: 07970 269730

gferguson@furlongflooring.com

aclark@furlongflooring.com

JAMES MURRAY SCOTLAND

JEFF COLLINS ESSEX, HERTS, N, N.W. & EAST LONDON, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBS

M: 07816 821757

M: 07793 244 620

jbrimble@furlongflooring.com BEN THOMAS MID & WEST WALES M: 07794 048809

jmurray@furlongflooring.com

jcollins@furlongflooring.com OWEN CHENERY S.E. WALES, HERTS, AVON & GLOS, LEICS, WARWICKS, BIRM’HAM, SHROPS, STAFFS, SOMERSET

pastelle

M: 07794 367 825

bthomas@furlongflooring.com

ochenery@furlongflooring.com

STEWART WAITHMAN DEVON & CORNWALL M: 07794 048413

Competitive, best-selling products all available now from UK stock

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M: 07872 964685

rtooth@furlongflooring.com WESLEY GRAHAM LEICESTER, WARWICKSHIRE M: 07968 324598

wgraham@furlongflooring.com

M: 07983 446969

rlockey@furlongflooring.com JAMES DAVIES YORKSHIRE & EAST LANCS M: 07968 828516

jdavies@furlongflooring.com

ALAN CHEETHAM GTR MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE M: 07966 263571

acheetham@furlongflooring.com DANNY BROWN MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL & NORTH WALES M: 07597 459642

dbrown@furlongflooring.com

MIKE SHUTT BIRMINGHAM/ STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE

MARTYN MORRIS MORRIS SOUTH YORKSHIRE

MARK DOWSON PART LANCS, FLYDE COAST & CUMBRIA

M: 07970 158594

M: 07973 403450

M: 07980 786265

mshutt@furlongflooring.com

LONDON

RICHARD LOCKEY LOCKEY NORTH EAST, EAST COAST

NORTH WEST

MIDLANDS

ROSS TOOTH NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE & LINCS

YORKSHIRE AND NORTH EAST

...and can help grow your sales in 2019!

mmorris@furlongflooring.com

ROSS BIRCH S.W, SOUTH, S.E. LONDON, SURREY (INSIDE M25)

JACK O’CONNOR SOUTH BUCKS, BERKSHIRE, WEST LONDON, SURREY (OUTSIDE M25)

M: 07793 244619

M: 07816 217550

rbirch@furlongflooring.com DARREN SPENDIFF KENT M: 07791 890861

dspendiff@furlongflooring.com

joconnor@furlongflooring.com JAMIE BONE N.W, NORTH, EAST & CENTRAL LONDON M: 07816 217548

jbone@furlongflooring.com

mdowson@furlongflooring.com ANDY THOMPSON ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE M: 07816 217565

athompson@furlongflooring.com

Preston Sales tel: 01772 696787 fax: 01772 311921

Gloucester Sales tel: 0845 520 0800 fax: 01452 222515

London Sales tel: 01322 628707 fax: 01322 698733

Email enquiries

enquiries@furlongflooring.co.uk

New website

www.furlongflooring.co.uk

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H&V are a leading carpet manufacturer based in Belgium.

We deliver direct from Belgium to the U.K supplying full rolls only, without a minimum order quantity.

Delivery is 5 working days from receipt of order.

Contact your local sales agent below for further details and sample books.

Representation

North West, West Midlands, Southern Ireland Paul Hugo (Sales Manager) 07813 714498 North Wales, Cheshire Matt Bell 07980 223303 Scotland James Hall 07787 140136 Yorkshire, North East England Steve Allitt 07971 952873 East Midlands Charlotte Jarvis 07460 875070 Northern Ireland Norman Gray 07860 495649 Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire Adam Nicol 07885 738975 South Wales, Bristol & Avon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire Emma Rees 07920 837422 London, Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, South East Jon Marsh 07976 795821 Zac Marsh 07828 663325 Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire Richard Cooper 07860 525 245 Belgium Office Johny Peeters 0032 475 71 08 69 0032 513 20 54 3

Carpets to dance about!

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Tel 01473 826870

Email infouk@hammercarpetsuk.com

Web www.hammercarpets.com

Beautiful carpet collections in 100% wool stocked in 4m and 5m wide

Jacs

Designer tonal loop pile in 100% wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Natural Lines

Supreme Boucle

Super luxurious 100% wool loop pile available in 4m and 5m widths.

Natural Lines

Natural Weave

Skagen

Natural Weave

A unique 5m wide wool flatweave in a subtle herringbone design with a stripe option.

Supreme boucle

Our best selling level loop 100% wool product available in 12 up to the minute colours in both 4m and 5m widths.

Las Vegas

A chunky luxurious loop pile in 100% wool available in 4m and 5m widths.

Sisal Boucle & Sisal Berber A heavy domestic tonal stripe in 100% wool loop pile.

The Stone Fibre Collection

Our Stone fibre carpet is available in 4 designs. Each design available in 4 colours, in 4m and 5m widths.

Memphis

100% wool textured loop available in 4 & 5m widths.

Diamond Weave

100% wool flatweave available in 5m width.

Scandic Weave

100% wool flatweave available in 5m width.

Sloane Square

100% wool innovative cut and loop pile geometric design.

Skagen

Soft tones in a heavy wool loop with a luxurious Wool pile.

Hammer Carpets are the world’s largest manufacturer of bespoke design 80/20 Colortec carpet. Ask your Agent for more details and samples or call our friendly sales office.

Scandinavian quality by design Our UK Sales Team Ron Fewery 07976 244892

London, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, East Anglia, Buckinghamshire

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Steve Acton 07957 836207

Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset

Sandy Anderson Stephen Korobejko Lee Palmer 07445 232345 07702 292558 07774 101640 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Tyneside

Yorkshire & the North East

Channel Islands

Martin Gorny 07530 365125 Bristol & the West Country

Stephen Binnersley 07710 618754

Midlands, South Wales & Northamptonshire

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Great Launch for Quintessential Twist!

At the recent Buying Group Show in Solihull, Hugh Mackay launched their new 20 colour, 3 ply Satin Twist pile, Quintessential Twist.

The panel at the show liked it so much they gave us the Stand of the Year Award.

Look out for this superb range which will be launched in August.

W W W . H U G H M A C K AY. C O . U K H U G H M A C K AY Support your British manufacturer

SCOTLAND JOHN STUART M: 07860 565 200 E: johnrstuart@btopenworld.com NORTH EAST & CUMBRIA BECKY GIBBONS M: 07970 491 215 E: rebann2@btinternet.com YORKSHIRE JOHN ALSOP M: 07860 572 220 E: alsopagencies@yahoo.co.uk

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LANCASHIRE JOHN ROSTRON M: 07973 733 208 E: johnrostronagencies@hotmail.com EAST MIDLANDS STEVE FURNISS M: 07773 384 787 E: furnissagencies@btinternet.com WEST MIDLANDS DEAN STANLEY M: 07572 758 010 E: dssalesagencies@gmail.com

OXFORDSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, BRISTOL, & GLOUCESTERSHIRE DAVID MAY M: 07976 204 778 E: mayatthelimes@talktalk.net SOUTH WEST BRENDAN HART M: 07850 130 221 E: ba.hart1@yahoo.com NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBS, NORTH ESSEX ROBIN SAUNDERS M: 07968 344 892 E: rsagencies2004@aol.com

SOUTH WALES PAUL POWELL M: 07968 186 150 E: paulpowellagencies@gmail.com

NORTHERN IRELAND GARY O’BOYLE M: 07831 220 675 E: goboyle@ntlworld.com

SOUTH EAST & SOUTH LONDON MIKE ALP M: 07770 861 441 E: alp.michael@googlemail.com

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LARRY WHITE M: 03862 594 126 E: thelarwhite@hotmail.com

N LONDON & HOME COUNTIES DAVE MARNEY M: 07794 221 443 E: d.marney@sky.com

SALES DIRECTOR KEITH MORGAN M: 07710 701063 E: keith@hughmackay.com

CENTRAL LONDON NICK WOOD M: 07976 945 505 E: nick@essentialflooring.co.uk

MANAGING DIRECTOR VINCE HOLDEN M: 07900 262 434 E: vince@hughmackay.com

PRETTY IN PINK AND READY TO SERVE! ORDER BEFORE 16:00 FOR OUR NEXT DAY SERVICE, DELIVERED FREE, DELIVERED WITH STYLE!!!

NATURAL EFFECT

Gold Fields Ivory Coast 2015 London Life 4&5M Natural Habitat 4&5M Northern Lights 4 & 5M Promenade Rocca 2016 Southern Chic 4&5M

SAXONY / SHAG PILE Fabulous 4&5m Glamorous 4&5m Saxon King 2015 Turkish Delight 4&5M

ULTRA SOFT FEEL LUXURY Cashmere 4&5M Cashmere Luxe 4&5M Fairfield Silk 4&5M Fascination (New) 4&5M Faye 4&5M Genius 4&5M Graceful Delight 4&5M Kesari (By Leonis) 4&5M Montana Silk 4&5M Noble Luxury 4&5M Pearlescent 4&5M Pure Class 4&5M Queens Saxony Soft Noble Deluxe Softer Style 4&5m Startwist Saxony 4&5M Startwist Silk 4&5M Tender Kiss Tender Touch Versailles Palace 4&5M

CORD, NEEDLEPUNCH & ENTRANCE MATTING Big Hit Canterbury Gel Hippo Mat Gala 2017 4&5M Gala Stripes Lone Ranger Magnum Mat Magnus Mat Supacord

TWISTS - STAIN RESIST

VINYL / SMOOTH FLOORING

Carlton Club Chunky Twist Dalton 2018 Dublin Heather 2016 Dublin Twist 2018 Echo Twist 2017 4&5M Fairfield Creations 2018 Heathertwist Supreme 40 4&5M Heathertwist Elite 50 4&5M Kaleidoscope 4&5m Peerless Twist Supreme 4&5M Peerless Ultra 4&5M Startwist Edition 2016 4&5M Startwist Elite 2016 50 4&5M Startwist Supreme 2016 40 4&5M Super Noble Twist 4&5M Wessex Twist Elite 4&5M Wessex Twist Supreme 4&5M

Dura-Tex Eclipse 2016 - Elite Eclipse 2016 - Genesis Eclipse 2018 - Revelations High Society II Luxury Comfort II Luxury Royale Luxury Value II Moonlight Starlight Techno-Safe 2017 Multi Flex

CARPET TILES Canterbury Capital City Capital Plus

FINSA LAMINATE COLLECTION

TWISTS - WOOL

Finsa Original 4v (stock) Finfloor 12 4v Pure Floor 8mm 4v

Dimensions Plain/Heathers 40 Dimensions Plain/ Heathers 50 Dimensions Heathers Stripe 50 Dimensions Plain/Heathers 60 Lingdale 4&5m Lingdale Elite 4&5m Premium Deluxe 40 4&5M Premium Deluxe 40 Stripes Premium Elite 50 4&5M Premium Finesse 60 4&4M Ultimate Berber Twist 4&5M

WELCOME TO Where service is EVERYTHING! We have great products, great prices and, best of all, a great team to serve you!

Check out the Rackhams offer….NOW!!

GRAPHICS / CONTRACT GELS Endurance Gel 2016 Marathon

ENGINEERED WOOD COLLECTION Oaken Options

REVOLUTIONARY LVT FLOORING FROM CAVALIO Conceptline Projectline

We also stock a complete selection of underlays, accessories and entrance matting. We offer a Special Order Service on products from virtually every flooring manufacturer in existence! Express Delivery Service on Finsa, Balterio & Krono laminate ranges.

Area Sales Executives Aaron Smith London postals NW,N,E & SE 07881 502506 THE STOCKLISTS July 2019

Daniel Pearson London SW Postals, Surrey (West of A24), Beds, Berks, Bucks, Herts (West of A1) 07881-502508

Fiona Harris Essex (Outside M25) Cambs, Suffolk, Herts (East of A1) 07837-295379

Carrie Gillis Kent/Sussex 07881-502507

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A Global leader in

Designer Flooring

Market Driven, with a Global Presence • Over 12 new, designer-led carpet ranges being launched this year.

• Using state-of-the-art, eco-friendly manufacturing processes.

Naturally Luxurious Carpets Featured carpet: Witney – White Lead

• Increased R&D investment in new fibre innovations.

• All ranges fully stocked in the UK.

Sales: +44 (0) 1299 871446 rivierahomeuk.co.uk

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Carpet&FlooringReview Baby steps Two decorative floor designs, from Harvey Maria’s collection, have joined the interior scheme at JoJo Maman Bébé’s new store in Amersham.

The Harvey Maria specification is the latest in a series of 25 installations for the home-grown maternity wear and baby-clothing retailer – with stores throughout the UK and a further four stores recently opened in the US. Featured designs include Lattice Cornflower Blue - by Dee Hardwicke – and Little Bricks Forget-Me-Not, used to create runnerstyle floor areas at the stores’ till points and within changing rooms.

“Harvey Maria’s floor designs have given a real lift to our stores and we’ve had lots of positive feedback. It’s a careful balance to create a fresh interior scheme – without it being too clinical,” explained Louise Jones, Property & Project Manager at JoJo Maman Bébé.

Founded in 1993 by Laura Tenison, JoJo Maman Bébé now has 93 stores throughout the UK, with a further four stores in the US. From small beginnings, the brand has established itself as “the UK’s favourite mother and baby brand,” winning numerous awards - including an MBE for Laura for services to business.

Louise discovered Harvey Maria in early 2017, whilst working on a store design for a new outlet on Chiswick High Street; she was keen to add more interest and dimension to floor areas, without detracting from the interior design – and the colours needed to complement the brand’s powder blue and white colour scheme to maintain a light and airy feel. Customer safety, durability and easy maintenance were also key considerations.

Working with Harvey Maria’s Designer, Andrew Smith, Laura and Louise chose Cornflower Blue Lattice, with its hand-painted style petal motif, and complementary Forget-Me-Not toned Little Bricks – a shortstave bevelled LVT. Following the initial installation at Chiswick, the Harvey Maria feature floor design has been recreated in all new JoJo Maman Bébé stores, and within existing store refurbishments.

T 0330 330 1231 www.harveymaria.com

The invincible team at AW! Pictured in front of the impressive Invictus LVT POS display are (l to r): Emmanuel Lioen, Jonathan Davies and Gavin Pugh.

Invictus challenges LVT market In a major development in the flooring market, Invictus has staked its claim to become a leading UK luxury vinyl tile brand, building on the huge success of the carpet collection that Associated Weavers quickly developed into one of the country’s favourite flooring choices.

The debut of Associated Weavers into the luxury vinyl tile market was marked by a showcase launch event to retailers and buying groups at the company’s HQ in Halifax in June which set a high bar in the competitive LVT sector with impressive marketing presentation and distinctive products.

Invictus was launched as a new-generation polypropylene carpet range in 2015 in a brand-led strategy that transformed the soft sector.

“Invictus carpet became a best-seller overnight for retailers so the brand was an obvious choice to drive the new LVT business with the same standards of comfort and performance,” said Gavin Pugh, UK managing director. “We are very serious about this business and the response from retailers has been so positive. They are keen to be part of a new success story.”

Invictus LVT comes to market with 84 options in the dry-back Optimus range with a 0.3 wear layer and Maximus range with a 0.55 wear layer which is offered in dry-back and click. A well balanced portfolio of highly authentic decors in wood, stone and parquet is enhanced with some exclusive designs including the modern Designer Parquet, Belgium Blue stone, Concrete Crush, a natural Tropical Forest décor and a distinctive Victorian Treasure pattern.

But in true AW style, it is the quality of the marketing support that sets Invictus LVT apart with a class-leading in-store presentation, state-of-the-art interactive POS and web tools and unprecedented level of attention to internet and social media marketing. “There is major focus on the online support – we guarantee we will bring more people to your store,” said Emmanuel Lioen, marketing and corporate communications manager.

Invictus LVT is in stock now and ready to roll out this summer.

There will be a full report in The Stocklists in our August issue.

T 01422 431100 www.invictus.co.uk

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NEWS Quiet care SiMBA, the charity supporting families who have suffered the loss of a baby, has opened a new Family Room and Quiet Room at the Royal Alexandra maternity hospital in Paisley.

The rooms are for families experiencing the tragedy of losing a baby.

The project was able to go ahead after locally bereaved families fundraised over £30,000 to support the SiMBA charity project.

As part of the project, Altro donated Altro Wood Safety Comfort flooring for the family and quiet rooms, and Altro Pisces flooring for the en-suite bathroom.

The family room provides an area for parents who are experiencing bereavement to stay from induction to delivery and for postnatal care so they can spend precious time with their baby. The quiet room, specifically designed for families returning to the hospital to spend time with their baby or see their babies name in the book of remembrance; it can also be a space for family members while visiting, to have a space out of the family room or to have some time alone.

Victoria Boulton, lead designer with Grosvenor Interiors which works closely with SiMBA, said: “We chose Altro Pisces in Beach Hut for the en-suite as it has soft lilac tones that work well with the wall graphics.

Also the shod/barefoot coverage and the homely look of the product is a big plus.”

Altro Wood Safety Comfort offers aesthetics combined with comfort. It’s an ideal choice for areas that need to look good while helping to give comfort underfoot. This 2.85mm thick option offers 14dB sound reduction.

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Leoline up in Ireland With striking takes on terrazzo, marble, herringbone woods and reclaimed timber; the Leoline 2019 collection, including the brand’s first LVT range, is now available in Ireland.

With the introduction of the Ceramica and Timberline collections, Leoline is bringing the latest looks to homes across the island; all with the underfoot comfort, ease of maintenance and whisper quietness of cushion vinyl.

From the patterned ceramic tiles of Emilia and Eleanor to the marble of Cascais and the terrazzo of Cappella, brand-new Ceramica brings superdesirable tile surfaces and raw architectural finishes for a look that exudes instant cool and a distinct contemporary feel. Or for homes wanting the welcoming warmth of wood, the new Timberline collection is packed full of the latest styles, including the herringbone of Marilyn, the cool white of Copenhagen and the rustic, reclaimed effects of Cabana and Lido.

Offering two, three and four-metre width options, all Ceramica and Timberline styles comes protected with Leoline’s Superguard PUR technology for a surface that resists stains and marks, while making it easy to wipe away spills and dirt. This same surface can also be found on the brand’s first-ever foray into LVT, with the 15 wood and stone effects of the VIVO Click Vinyl Collection.

Using a patented L2C click joint, VIVO Click Vinyl Collection delivers fast and reliable installation, with each wood plank or stone tile featuring a textured surface for added realism. Drawing on parent company, IVC Group’s manufacturing power, the VIVO Click Vinyl Collection delivers great value and represents a natural synergy for the brand: “As part of Europe’s largest manufacturer of cushion vinyl, LVT and carpet tiles, Leoline has unique access to shared knowledge and technical know-how on complementing products,” explains Maaike Dickx, product manager, Leoline. “Made side-by-side with LVT floors, Leoline also shares a similar multi-layer construction, making the introduction of our very-own LVT a natural progression. We’re delighted to be able to make VIVO Click Vinyl Collection and the brand-new Ceramica and Timberline ranges available to Ireland, as we look to make style easy for homeowners across the country.”

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Inspired by Moorish splendour.

Designed to make a statement.

One creative design, available in two subtle yet striking colourways, offers a modern interpretation of these iconic patterns. Inspired by the artistic techniques of traditional Moroccan and medieval Spanish architecture, these tiles feature a non-uniform, patchwork arrangement that incorporates a stylish combination of geometric forms, curves and crests.

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NEWS Flooring Fusion Made from solution-dyed nylon for stain and fade-resistance, Fusion is the latest carpet tile for demanding spaces from Abingdon Carpet Tile Division.

Made in Britain, this 1/10th gauge loop pile carpet tile collection features coordinated solid fleck and tonal stripe designs that can be used to create the striking layouts now demanded by today’s busiest workplaces. Available in 11 colours – nine solid tones and two complementing stripes – it’s a carpet tile range that’s incredibly versatile and packed with reassuring performance.

Slotting in between the functional Unity and spectacular Infinite, Fusion is for use in commercial offices, education and public buildings that need an off-the-shelf carpet tile to endure high traffic levels while looking good and offering ease of maintenance.

“All of our carpet tiles are made to deliver performance and Fusion does so in spades,” says Martin Peace, sales and marketing director, Abingdon Flooring. “With its high-performance, solution-dyed yarn it can take on the toughest of commercial and public interior challenges, while its proven colourbank and sophisticated tonal linear coordinate ensure maximum design flexibility.”

Expanding the choice of Abingdon carpet tiles now readily available from stock, Fusion is Class 33 rated, BRE accredited and comes with an impressive 10-year commercial warranty. With a bitumen back for excellent dimensional stability, Fusion offers reassuring performance and great long-term value.

T 01274 655 694 www.abingdonflooring.co.uk

Squad named for the cut final!

The six Finalists for the Fitter of the Year - Carpet 2019 competition have been selected following yet another close fought semi-final in Loughborough last month.

Lining up for the final at the Flooring Show in Harrogate in September are: Darren Ash, Worcestershire; Dan Evans, Cambridgshire; Dan Jones, West Midlands; Richard Long, Dundee; Jamie Nelson, Wigtownshire; and Tony Newall, Lanarkshire.

Many congratulations to them all!

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Healthy, happy Hannover The keynote theme for the 2020 edition of Domotex, the world’s leading trade show for carpets and floor coverings, is “Atmysphere”.

The show, which runs from 10 to 13 January, 2020, in Hannover, Germany, will thus have as its central focus all those qualities of floors and floor coverings that contribute to wellbeing and accentuate naturalness and sustainability.

Harvey Maria backs LVT fitters Harvey Maria has signed-up as an industry sponsor of the ‘LVT European Fitter of the Year 2019’. The brand new initiative, hosted jointly

by FloorSkills and Woontotaal Training Academy (Netherlands), looks to recognise the skills of LVT fitters across the UK and Europe. It will culminate in a two-day Grand Final and Open Day on 11-12 July at the FloorSkills’ training centre, in the West Midlands.

“The fitting of vinyl tile flooring has always been a specialist skill – and this has become more apparent with the growth in designer patterns, like those offered throughout our own range. We’re delighted to be part of this exciting new initiative, which celebrates our industry and the art of installation,” commented Harvey Maria’s Founder, Mark Findlay.

Health and wellness are a major social trend at present, and for many people that means spending plenty of their leisure time outdoors in natural settings. On sunny days, patios, decks, balconies and gardens double as lovingly designed, lifestyle enhancing outdoor extensions of indoor living spaces.

It is with these trends firmly in mind that the companies exhibiting at Domotex are increasingly developing highquality flooring made of natural wood, innovative planks made of WPC, and tiles that are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The sheer range of the products available provides a richly diverse and creative design palette for home owners and contract flooring professionals.

Following stage one qualification and semi-final heats, eight fitters will be selected to attend the Grand Final in July. All finalists will be required to install a 6mm plywood subfloor and skim coat.

LVT design flooring, including decors from Harvey Maria, will then be provided and finalists will be given the opportunity to showcase their skills.

The final will coincide with the FloorSkills open day on 12 July - and everyone attending will be eligible to vote for the winner. At the event, Harvey Maria will also present new designs, including its new ultra-authentic wood range – the MSeries.

Architects and interior designers use the products showcased by exhibitors at Domotex to create fluid transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces. By connecting otherwise disparate functional areas, these products create unique spaces that contribute directly to the wellbeing of the people who live and work in them.

To find out more, please visit: www.floorskills.co.uk/lvt-competition-2019/

www.domotex.de

T 0330 330 1231 www.harveymaria.com

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The Wool Carpet & Rug Awards 2019 Q U A L I T Y, S T Y L E , I N N O VAT I O N Sponsored by The Campaign for Wool, in association with British Wool, the Wool Carpet & Rug Awards celebrate excellence in wool carpet and rug manufacture.

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The awards ceremony will be held during The Flooring Show, on Monday 16th September 2019 at the Harrogate Convention Centre from 5.30pm.

Entries open 1st July and close 31st July.

For more information, email awards@campaignforwool.org

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NEWS Nosing ahead Like all products bearing the floorwise name, the supplier’s range of stair nosings, PVC profiles, skirtings and trims are manufactured to the highest quality standards for long-lasting performance.

Bringing contractors products ready to endure busy contract environments such as schools, healthcare locations, offices, leisure and retail; the collection encompasses every application. From standard and heavy-duty gauge aluminium stair nosings with a range of standard infill colours and super grip slip resistant insets to PVC cove formers, capping strips and the Floormitre cap and cove system; it’s ready to take on any challenge.

Eliminating creases and kinks, providing better uniformity and speeding up fitting, the Floormitre system is a flexible cove moulding for internal and external junctions fully compatible with floorwise capping strips and cove formers.

With the Q-Range of aluminium and PVCu stair nosings, floorwise can also cater for Building Regulations best practice, with PVCu treads across a broad range of LRVs in depths of 60mm – 83mm. As well as flexible bevels, ramps, profiles and joints, and curvable PVC floor trims, the collection comes with floorwise’s legendary quality and value.

“Ensuring our products offer contractors and installers reliability, quality and value has always been a goal of floorwise,” explains Richard Bailey, managing director. “It’s no different with our stair nosings, PVC profiles, skirtings and trims. We’ve made sure that every item is not only great value, but that it can be trusted to perform day-in and day-out – a must for any contractor when choosing which products to use.”

Floorwise even offers a custom fabrication service through its network of distributors across the UK and Ireland. Including mitred nosings to suit any angle and curved stair nosings fabricated from on-site templates, the service is just another way floorwise goes the extra mile to ensure contractors can deliver a first-rate finish.

All options are listed in a brochure covering the comprehensive collection. Alongside the brochure, there is also a sample presentation box containing physical examples of the nosings, skirtings, covers, formers and profiles available. Ideal for installers and contractors on the go, the box provides a useful reference tool for clients wanting high-quality, affordable solutions to finish their floorcovering installation.

T01509 673974 www.floorwise.co.uk

Carpet Foundation boosts membership value The Carpet Foundation is set to introduce a series of ‘added value offers’ for its members in the coming months. The tie ups, which have been negotiated with third parties, will bring demonstrable financial value to being a Carpet Foundation member, and, for the first time, are potentially of professional, and personal, benefit.

The first offer, which goes live on 1st July 2019, is with www.ebuyer.com, the largest independent online retailer of computer and electrical goods. With over 40,000 products, from smart TVs to laptops, kettles to digital cameras, washing machines to hi-fi’s, and a wide range of products for the home and garden, Ebuyer has just about everything that retailers and patron members could need for their home and business.

Carpet Foundation members will have immediate access to preferential pricing and a dedicated level of priority customer service.

Ebuyer have set up a dedicated email account for Carpet Foundation members – carpetfoundation@ebuyer.com Members should email this account to open their own personal account and request a price on the item of their choice from www.ebuyer.com and within 48 hours, a formal quote, together with the discount, will be provided.

If members can’t find the product they want on the Ebuyer website, Ebuyer offer a service whereby they will try and source the requested product at an improved price and, where appropriate, offer advice on potentially suitable alternatives. For members who prefer to use the phone, the day-to-day contact is Zac Penn on 01430 433667.

“This is a major step for us and heralds a new dawn in terms of what we offer, and how. ”

Andrew Stanbridge, Chief Executive of the Carpet Foundation, said: “This is a major step for us and heralds a new dawn in terms of what we offer, and how. Ebuyer has a proven track record and a strong pedigree with 4 million registered customers, and, pleasingly for us, they are UK-based.

“This offer provides a clear financial benefit to being a Carpet Foundation member and extends beyond the business world. This is just a start and we already have two other offers ready to go which we will introduce before the end of the year.”

Membership continues to grow So far in 2019, 16 independent retailers have joined the Carpet Foundation from across the country from Falkirk to, Bath, Islington to Swansea, Knutsford to Braintree.

T 01562 755568 www.carpetfoundation.com

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Harvey Maria • Organics Collection– Natural Stone Harvey Maria’s Organics Stone Collection captures the natural beauty of limestone in four shades. Each of the LVT designs – Natural, Portland, Jurassic and Cambrian – have an authentic mottled appearance, a flat-matt finish and a bevelled edge. They provide a practical and sustainable finish and, teamed with feature strips, create the rustic appearance of flagstones.

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Leoline • Ceramica Veneziana Making hyper-luxury instantly accessible, Ceramica brings the look of super-desirable tile surfaces and raw architectural finishes to your home with the ease and comfort of Leoline. A brand-new Leoline collection for 2019, Ceramica presents 16 designs varying from the patterned ceramic tiles of Emilia and Eleanor to the marble of Cascais and terrazzo of Cappella, each a testament to the in-house design and development process at Leoline.

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Karndean Designflooring • Heritage Collection, Clifton CLIF-04 For a bold opulent style, Karndean Designflooring has introduced its new Heritage collection presenting a range of exquisite designs inspired by the architectural tiled floors of grand Victorian and Regency villas and townhouses. The classic pattern of Clifton, featuring a traditional star and square effect formed with a mix of square and triangular tiles, is given a contemporary twist with a striking colour combination in Dove Grey, Azure, Lace and Nero. T 01386 820100 www.karndean.com

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PRO-TEK • WPC Excel Fulham Grey WPC Excel Fulham Grey combines a natural wood effect, contemporary colourway and a host of practical features.

These include a waterproof core and acoustic underlay, making the engineered vinyl design suitable for all settings.

The Excel Collection includes fourteen colour options, with matching accessories.

T 020 3917 5550 www.pro-tek-flooring.com

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Karndean Designflooring • Art Select Reclaimed Chestnut RPL-EW21 Recognised for its beautiful and authentic wood effects, with bevelled edges and realistic handcrafted embosses, Karndean Designflooring has recently added 14 new designs to its Art Select collection, including French oak, hickory and American chestnut. Reclaimed Chestnut features a wide range of colour tones from blonds and creams to dark chocolates. With its eclectic, rustic appearance, and varied plank widths and lengths, Reclaimed Chestnut creates a truly striking floor that never fails to impress. T 01386 820100 www.karndean.com

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NEWS Long life of Riley Riley Register has appointed Grosvenor Wilton to reproduce the original specification Wilton carpet to restore its car interiors.

Founded in 1954, the Riley Register aims to keep prewar Riley’s on the road and maintained in as near original condition as possible. Grosvenor Wilton was found to be the last UK based Wilton weaver who could reproduce the carpet used in the early 1900 Riley’s.

Grosvenor Wilton has created a cut pile Wilton using a 2 coloured stipple yarn. The current offering includes red/black stipple carpet with blue/black and green/black options to follow.The partnership between the two brands has meant that members of the Riley Register can restore their interiors to the original design and look.

Riley Register at Grosvenor Wilton’s Kidderminster Factory.

Charles Annable, Grosvenor Wilton Managing Director comments; ‘We are thrilled to be partnering with the Riley Register on this project.Our reproduction is very close to the original carpet interms of quality and colour, we have been given original car carpets to match to which are over 80 years old. We found some old car carpets that had little exposure to sunlight and it was surprising how bright the colours are.’

With a distinguished history spanning over 200 years, Grosvenor Wilton is one of the UK’s oldest independent carpet manufacturers. Founded in Kidderminster, the business is steeped in a rich tradition of innovation, craftsmanship and design.

T 01562 701456 www.grosvenorwilton.co.uk Left: Riley Register showing Red/Black Stipple carpet by Grosvenor Wilton.

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Style and quality assured. Naturally.

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New Cormo & Rya Delivering on consumer demand, Telenzo Carpets are launching two new wool ranges with comfort and durability in mind. The use of New Zealand wool and a 4 ply construction are a perfect combination. Cormo has a distinctive Rib design and Rya has a more sophisticated look, offering something a little different. Made with 100% undyed wool, both ranges come in five shades and are available in both 4m and 5m widths.

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NEWS All our yesterdays Report and photo by Bernard Harding (retired Hugh Mackay representative).

While the country at large were busy tapping their fingers to “Downtown,” “Stairways to Heaven” or John Lennon “Imagine” In the West Country twice a year Cyril (Stan) Stanton from Bondworth Carpets and Colin Shaw from Brockway Carpets were always busy ensuring that the South West Carpet Exhibition known as the Plymouth Carpet Fair ran according to plan in both the Spring and Autumn.

Principally held in the prestigious Plymouth Guildhall (with hanging chandeliers and walls lined oak panelling”) essentially the whole exhibition was organised and to a very large extent run by all the regional representatives employed in the carpet trade.

From the lunch time onwards on the Monday the Guildhall car parks and all the surrounding side streets saw a frenzy of activity as cars vans and lorries all jockeyed for position for each and every manufacturer’s stand to be laid out all bristol fashion in time for the Grand Opening on the Tuesday morning.

All stands complete, in keeping with the time honoured “friendly trade” tradition, each representative coughed up 10/- (50p in today’s money) which paid for sandwiches and beer at the local “Valiant Soldier” pub and an excellent opportunity to catch-up with colleagues and friends in the trade.

On the Tuesday morning all the reps and a few early customers would gather around the Guildhall “Bar” area when a toast was proposed by an invited guest and everyone responded raising their glass of sherry.

Making their mark With over 500 Master Installers covering the entire country, the Academy continues to make its mark in the training world, delivering improved product knowledge and expertise in wood, laminate and luxury vinyl tile installation to a wide choice of flooring enthusiasts.

The Plymouth carpet fair 1970-1975 With 70 plus bodies all positioned on the staircase and landing, triggering the “self timer” on the camera was a odds-on favourite to guarantee smiles all round (see above).

Developing the film after dark in the hotel bedroom and producing a 10” x 8” print meant that all those present could order a copy if they so wished.

By and large the main hall and the surrounding adjoining areas (on the same floor) was occupied by axminster and wilton manufacturer’s, the one exception being Roberts Smoothedge (as they were happy to take the raised stage area) Other halls in the Guildhall and indeed rooms at the nearby Holiday Inn Hotel were the preserves of the ever growing tufted manufactures.

Back then a typical retailer could offer his customer: • Tufted carpet for £3 per square yard • 7 row axminster for £4 per square yard • 9 row axminster for £5 per square yard Today of course it has all changed, with vast strides made in tufted manufacturing, and total differences in interior expectations and requirements.

While it is a sad fact that a number of the trade’s personalities (in the photograph) are no longer with us, many are, and a select few are still very active each and everyday.

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From independents through to leading names such as Benchmarx and Carpetright, the Academy has provided tailored course content to industry professionals, covering everything from product knowledge to installation and aftercare. Ensuring that sales representatives and customer service are ready to respond to customer enquiries and installers prepared to handle all site conditions, the Academy for Excellence in Flooring ensures that Pergo and Quick-Step products are supported by the very best industry professionals.

The Master Installer scheme too continues to welcome new members, improving the coverage of the network across the UK and through this, bringing peace of mind to more homes and businesses than ever before. With people of all ages taking part, the programme underlines the willingness of installers to improve their skills and offer their customers a lifetime workmanship warranty.

With newly refurbished facilities, including sixmetre training bays with the obstacles faced that make installation of wood, laminate and LVT floors more complex, the Academy for Excellence in Flooring is proving the go-to place to broaden skills for even the most experienced fitters. www.quick-step-academy.co.uk

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Marketing insights Design Inspiration It’s been fascinating to discover how design inspiration can come from so many sources; whether it’s a cherished archive, a love of nature, the latest fashion trend or sparked by a collaboration with like-minded people.

Leading luxury vinyl flooring manufacturer, Karndean Designflooring, is recognised for its authentic wood, stone and abstract designs. Stella Coyle, National Retail Sales Manager describes their inspiration, “Our designs are influenced by expressive and intriguing forms selected by our in-house design team from the natural world. From the ancient forests of Europe, to the remote Australian outback and beyond, we travel the world in our quest to bring to life exceptional floors that inspire and delight. By combining these original features with cutting edge design and craftsmanship, we create simply beautiful floors that homeowners will love for a lifetime.”

Karndean Designflooring - Kaleidoscope Collection, Casablanca

collection has been awarded a prestigious Design Guild Mark 2019 in recognition of British design excellence and innovation. This is the first time that famous Liberty prints have been given a new visualisation as carpet, expertly woven by Alternative Flooring.

Lorna Haigh, Creative and Marketing Director commented, “The prestige of winning this coveted design award is a reflection of the renaissance and recognition of the wonderful craft of wool carpet weaving. I am delighted how this story is interwoven with iconic Liberty Fabrics patterns.

Design is at the very heart of Alternative Flooring. We wanted to bring original pattern to collections and decided to work with new designers, crafts people and heritage brands with fabulous archives. We now weave imaginative floor stories, which are British through and through. Liberty’s most desirable prints Strawberry Meadow, Capello Shell, Felix Raison and Flowers of Thorpe are reimagined from fabric to floor. Receiving the Design Guild Mark is a true statement of the bold, creative vision which Alternative strives for.”

Judges included Daniel Hopwood, Director of Daniel Hopwood London Interior Design & Architecture, who commented, “We all know that lovely quote by William Morris ‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.’ In the light of this modern age may I add to the quote ‘and definitely sustainable’ as all of the products that have been awarded the prestigious Design Guild Mark meet all three of those criteria.”

Alternative Flooring - Quirky B, Liberty Fabrics Strawberry Meadow, winner of Design Guild Mark 2019, 2D category

“By combining original features with cutting edge design and craftsmanship, we create simply beautiful floors that homeowners will love for a lifetime.”

Influenced at the same time by interior trends such as parquet, monochrome and au naturel, Karndean Designflooring challenge what’s possible by creating geometric shapes and patterns in luxury vinyl tiles. A recent example of this is their Heritage and new Kaleidoscope designs. The Kaleidoscope collection recently welcomed two new eye-catching tiles, inspired by traditional Moroccan and medieval Spanish architecture.

Stella adds, “Inspired by architectural tiled floors of grand Victorian and Regency villas and townhouses, Heritage offers the opulent look of classic geometric tiles. From striking monochrome designs to beautifully blended traditional patterns, the collection reflects both the classic elegance of historic homes and the boldness of contemporary trends.”

As more and more home decorators are looking to add their own style to their floor design, Karndean Designflooring has introduced design strips to help savvy home decorators create their unique floor by using borders and rug effects to define key areas.

Good flooring design is not just about pattern, it’s about colour and texture too.

Adam Carpets design expertise in developing consistently good colour palettes is second to none. Their collaboration with Little Greene Paint Company comes at a time when consumers are more confident and seek colour inspiration for their whole home, which includes walls, furniture and flooring.

From beautiful flowers and birds’ plumage to spellbinding sea and landscapes, Alternative Flooring looked no further than Mother Nature for the inspiration behind their Liberty Fabrics collaboration. The resulting Quirky B

The current love for mid-century modern interiors requires the use of bold colour palettes with understated simplicity. So, as well as incorporating bolder hues in their plain and pattern collections, Adam Carpets believe that greys

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Adam Carpets – Castlemead, Cool Grey

Each Organics Design tile measures 30.5 x 30.5cm and the larger Organics Stone tiles measure 30.5cm x 45.7cm.

All designs have a Innovation award winners, MasterPiece bevelled edge and can be laid in all settings, including bathrooms and over underfloor heating.

Victoria Carpets previewed their newly revamped First Impressions range for the first time at The Buying Group National Flooring Show in May. Having always been a bestselling 10th gauge, 100% luxury polypropylene product, the new on-trend colour scheme was supported by a fresh and elegantly laid out marketing board, highlighting the versatility of the range.

and neutrals really matter. With over 20 greys across their plain collections, we cannot underestimate the skill in developing layered undertones of colour to ensure consumers can find the perfect grey for their interior. With greys becoming warmer, Adam Carpets also predict the return to beiges, but not as we remember them. New beiges are less yellow as inspiration comes from tones of oatmeal, stone, washed linen, earthy jutes, wool and canvas. This commitment to colour development underpins the collaboration between Adam Carpets and Little Greene – companies which care about colour provenance and high-quality British manufacturing. All Adam Carpets plain and patterned collections are available in 4m and 5m widths and made in their own modern factory in Kidderminster.

Harvey Maria’s new Organics Design Collection combines a mellow stoneeffect with a square-in-a-square motif. The collection includes eight individual LVT’s from a palette of four shades. Each design uses a seamless shadow detail, which creates a stunning visual contrast between the tile’s inner square and edge.

Organics Design replicates the clean, neutral palette from Harvey Maria’s Organics Stone range – Natural, Portland, Jurassic and Cambrian. Four designs have a dark inner square and a light border, and four have a light inner square and dark border. Laid alternately, the geometric design creates an almost 3D illusion, alternating from light to dark. When a single colour contrast is repeated, the tiles create a mini cube effect. Endless other designs can be created by mixing the plain and patterned tiles, and by combining them with single shade tiles from the Organics Stone range.

Harvey Maria – Signature Collection, Organics Jurassic

First Impressions really has made an impression that’ll last longer and what better way to showcase this than present the evidence of a Hexapod test on a new sloped graphic.

Confident in their First Impressions range, the graphic shows stage by stage images of the durability of the carpet. Using the results of the test they can evaluate appearance retention and durability over a specified time period.

The number of revolutions simulates the natural wear characteristics of the carpet, displaying its expected performance. Newly Installed versus 4,000 revolutions (approx. two years) versus 12,000 revolutions (approx. 5 years).

The inspiration for this new colour palette came from the general trends within the domestic interiors market in the UK. With the latest introductions of bespoke greys and sophisticated beiges, they see a move towards bluer greys. Victoria Carpets new First Impressions is bang on trend in terms of colour, feel and construction. To top it all off, they provide a 15 Year Stain and Wear Warranty, meaning it truly is the most versatile choice for any home and any interior.

Victoria Carpets – First Impressions

For more information contact: Adam Carpets T: 01562 822247 www.adamcarpets.com Alternative Flooring T: 01264 335111 www.alternativeflooring.com Harvey Maria T: 0330 330 1231 www.harveymaria.com Karndean Designflooring T: 01386 820100 www.karndean.com Victoria Carpets T: 01562 749300 www.victoriacarpets.com

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NEWS Global safety pioneer F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has become one of the first companies in the flooring industry to be awarded ISO 45001 certification, the new global standard for the management of workplace health and safety, following a successful audit of its management systems earlier in the year.

ISO 45001 replaces BS OHSAS 18001 as the national standard for the management of occupational health and safety. It places greater emphasis on interaction between companies and the wider business environment, as well as on the role of top level leadership and management in ensuring the integration into business systems of practices and procedures to minimise risks to health in the workplace. It also stipulates greater consultation and participation of employees in these processes.

UK companies are required to migrate to the new standard by March 2021, when the old one will be officially withdrawn.

Commenting on the certification, F. Ball managing director Mark Hughes, said: “The health and safety of everyone who interacts with our business is of paramount importance to F. Ball, which is why we are so pleased our stringent practices and procedures for managing risks have been recognised with ISO 45001 accreditation two years before the official deadline for migration.”

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David joins tech team F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has strengthened its technical support team in the Republic of Ireland with the appointment of David Nessbert.

David will provide expert advice to flooring professionals on best practice in subfloor preparation and floorcovering installation, including delivering product demonstrations and training at wholesaler trade day events. Supporting regional technical representative Chris Moore, he will also attend site visits across the country, producing reports advising flooring contractors on the best course of action for specific flooring projects.

David brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, gained through a career spanning 20 years in the flooring industry. He has experience installing every type of decorative floorcovering, as both a selfemployed flooring contractor and a subcontractor.

Commenting on his appointment, David said: “F. Ball products were always my first choice throughout my career as a professional flooring contractor, and I have always had an interest in the technical side of flooring and problem solving, so I feel particular suited to this role. I’m looking forward to helping today’s contractors achieve optimum results by selecting the best F. Ball products.”

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Lawton Yarns, the wool and synthetic fibre supplier to more than 50 carpet manufacturers, has been rescued from administration through its acquisition by Danspin A/S of Denmark. Lawtons were profitable but suffered from issues elsewhere within its previous parent company in The Netherlands. The move saves some 300 jobs at the Yorkshire-based business which was established in 1902.

The British Retail Consortium blasted government policies after figures for the early Summer bank holiday season showed some record lows for the high street. According to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for May 2019, total sales decreased by -2.7% in May, with likefor-like sales down by -3% year-on-year.

Helen Dickinson, BRC Chief Executive, said: “With retail conditions the toughest they have been for a decade, politicians must act to support the successful reinvention of our high streets and local communities.”

Retail footfall declined at its highest rate in six years in May – 3.5% down – with poor weather partly to blame but carpets fared reasonably well over the Easter holiday however, showing almost 2% growth over that period according to analysts.

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Axminster Carpets is enjoying a successful recovery since its refinancing in 2018 and expects to show double-digit sales growth over the last year.

The Devon-based company was rescued from administration in 2013 and is now owned by Yorkshire-based wool house H Dawson. It secured £3.375 million of funding from Independent Growth Finance (IGF) last year and reports that its development strategy is going well and that revenues have outperformed internal forecasts.

After 32 years’ service, senior industry leader Alexander Anton has retired from the board of Victoria plc. The Anton family has been a driving force within Victoria and Alexander is the great-grandson of one of the carpet maker’s founding partners and was a former chairman of the company. He played a key role in the boardroom machinations that disrupted the company in 2012, working with Geoff Wilding (now Victoria’s Executive Chairman) in a successful “shareholder rebellion.”

Alexander commented: “My family and I are significant shareholders in Victoria and intend to remain so indefinitely. The Company is executing consistently on its proven strategy, which will continue to create wealth for its shareholders.”

Carpet and rug imports have bounced back according to the Government’s HMRC with the latest figures release in June showing an 8.6% increase with Turkey, China and the Netherlands showing the greatest gains. The most recent export figures for carpets, for April 2019, are similarly bullish, claiming 18% to £24 million.

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Flower on Flooring Making the best of a professional installation With flooring installations increasingly used to make interior design statements in both residential and commercial settings, the final piece of the puzzle is the use of the right trims, profiles and accessories to ensure the best final result is achieved.

With the flooring sector benefiting from the services of a number of suppliers of high quality product, The Stocklists magazine looks at some of the highest quality options available.

Stairrods LVT nosing

Floorwise managing director Richard Bailey explains how the dominance of grey as the carpet colour of choice is impacting profile sales: “With grey carpet now replacing beige as the nation’s favourite colour, we’ve seen a move away from simbrass and aluminium to brushed steel nickel, with sales now overtaking these once ubiquitous finishes. The move towards brushed steel nickel is good news for retailers, as it commands a premium over standard simbrass and aluminium, and homeowners certainly seem willing to pay that.

“Retailers can use this coordinated look to upsell from standard profiles through our Reflections range, which also includes a super-stylish true chrome plate finish. Providing a perfect match to interior fittings including lights, switches and electrical sockets, the popularity of Reflections demonstrates that homeowners are willing to invest in a more complete, first-class finish for their new carpet,” says Mr Bailey.

Reflections from Floorwise

Stairrods reports that its new LVT Wrap Nosing allows the installer to use the LVT around the front of the nose to match the tread perfectly.

The WPC Wrap Nosing is currently available for any 8mm and 6.5mm multilayered flooring and a mechanical fix is built into the design to lock the LVT/ WPC (top layer) in place. All products are matching with minimal SKUs and no alteration to the tread is needed.

Stairrods says Ali Top Nose is in stock for 7-8mm for laminate to a carpeted stair and has also established a YouTube channel for installation guidelines.

Stroolmount says: “You plan. You produce. You install. You make every detail perfect. Now you can protect you and your customers’ investment in flooring with cost-effective ideas.”

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Quantum Flooring Solutions says it is constantly reviewing its product portfolio to create new designs or improve others where necessary, which has seen its range of transition profiles recently updated to reflect the nature of an ever-changing industry.

The specification of dementia friendly flooring transition profiles has seen its Dementia Strips become an integral part of interior design considerations in care homes and places where people living with dementia may reside.

Quantum’s main transition profiles for safe junctions between floor coverings are now known as TopClip – the evolution of a great design. The new range has four clip-in transition profiles that are easily fitted onto the company’s renowned base technology.

The company also says its luxury vinyl tile (LVT) transition profiles are suitable for covering and protecting joins between floor coverings, or as transitions between two vinyl floor coverings or two different types of floor coverings, generally vinyl to carpet.

LVT8 - Quantum Flooring Solutions

“Peace of mind protection pays dividends,” says Stroolmount’s Gill Finch.

“We save the flooring industry thousands in costly repairs, replacements and insurance claims with simple protection solutions from just 1p.”

The company offers a one-stop-solutions-shop for the following options: Furni-Glides: Award-winning self-adhesive or screw into very heavy furniture or recliners so they slide easily across carpet; Quickclick Glides: Multi-award-winning long-term solution. Its click-in interchangeble and replacement base glides help protect wood, laminate, vinyl, carpet and tiled floors; Self-adhesive Felts: Short-term, high quality, anti-scratch solution cushions floors for heavy furniture; Move-it Pads: Temporary solution so anyone can easily glide heavy furniture across hard floors.

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Ball & Young – Accessories collection Ball & Young confirms it takes pride in the quality products it manufactures and says customers using its products know that all their installations use the best components made in Great Britain.

“While being responsible with procurement of our raw materials, all our profiles are produced in Corby, flying the flag for British manufacturing.

We have continued to expand our Accessories collection by listening to customers and their fitters,” it states.

Ball & Young has recently added stick down polished aluminium singles, doubles and cover strips to aid fitting over underfloor heating, which also provided a solution to the issue of stick down profiles not matching the other bars fitted within the installation.

Ball & Young says looking for new innovations and listening to customers will allow it to continue to manufacture the best of British which it exports throughout the world.

“If you have any ideas to contribute to our success, or have any questions please contact us at www.ballandyoung.com,” it concludes..

Interfloor says that whatever their budget, homeowners are always keen on finishing touches which can turn a good new floor into something exceptional. Its Gripperrods Premier edgings are described as the perfect choice for retailers and installers keen to demonstrate their commitment to flooring accessories which can make all the difference to a newly-laid floor.

Interfloor’s Gary Cowley says: “Our Premier metal edgings have been a huge success with everyone since their launch. Our POS makes it very easy for retailers to offer their customers a choice of trims and upsell this luxury option. We’ve been delighted with the feedback to date.”

Interfloor has introduced a tool roll designed for displaying the options in the Premier range. Edgings are available in brushed steel nickel or bright chrome; modern finishes that complement the current interior design trends.

Both finishes are available in six specialist trims designed to provide the perfect solution for all types of Gripperrods – Premier edgings materials.

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The Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show 2019 Part 2 of our in-depth review of the ideas, innovation and launches that will be setting the agenda for the selling season ahead.

Impactful impressions Abingdon Flooring Alongside exciting new range launches (see last month’s issue - page 35), Abingdon used this year’s BGNFS to demonstrate its new ‘shop in shop’ concept designed to maximise the potential of its value-driven collections in StainFree, Love Story and Wilton Royal. The concession promises to deliver a unique shopping experience through a high-impact combination of wall units, lecterns, bold wall graphics and showroom carpet.

Set to improve customer experience and engagement, the concept met with widespread approval, with the manufacturer explaining how it can be used to maximise ROI and boost sales of the manufacturer’s branded collections.

“We used our attendance at the BGNFS to demonstrate how retailers can maximise the potential of our new retail concept no matter what the size of store,” comments Martin Peace, sales and marketing director, Abingdon Flooring. “From the bronze package that’s ideal for small stores, right up to the hugely impressive gold offer that includes ten wall units, six lecterns, two wall graphics and carpet for the floor.

“The response we received at this year’s show tells us that we have the mix right and I look forward to seeing the concept out in the wilds, helping retailers to really take advantage of the great style and value that runs right throughout the Abingdon Carpets portfolio of brands.”

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Quality counts Carpenter Underlays Carpenter demonstrates that quality counts under the floor as much as on top with the growing success of their branded performance PU products at the higher end of the market.

“There is an increasing trend for more discerning consumers to ask for a better product and they are less price sensitive provided the performance is clear,” says Peter Podesta of Carpenter (pictured with national sales manager Helen Rowberry). “This is a great opportunity for retailers.”

The company’s luxury domestic underlays, including 9mm Richstep and 11mm Deepstep, are selling strongly and for those customers who really want the best, Carpenter offers Ultimate Living, a high density 10mm underlay that offers exceptional comfort and performance.

Extrastep is a tough 6mm contract product but has also proven to be a popular and competitively-priced option in the UK domestic market for installations with underfloor heating.

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Eye-catching authenticity Karndean DesignFlooring In a competitive sector, you don’t get to be a market leader by chance and it is the attention to detail – and some bold creativity – that has set Karndean Designflooring apart as the pace-maker in LVT. The company’s design champion Jawad Ali says: “We are passionate about design and it is an interesting challenge to create the most authentic appearance, but with the difference that makes it distinctive.”

Heritage Collection

A good example is the Heritage Collection which was previewed to great acclaim at the end of last year with its dramatic decors. “Heritage has generated enormous interest for its traditional Victorian and Regency townhouse designs but while we needed to be authentic to that concept, it was also important to appeal to people with more contemporary homes,” says Jawad So, for example, the designers have worked in subtle details such as solid contemporary colours like greys, taupes and laurel while the blacks are textured rather than solid to suit modern tastes. Heritage is available in 18 options with some clever configurations to work with and seamless border designs.

Kaleidoscope

We are passionate about design and it is an interesting challenge to create the most authentic appearance, but with the difference that makes it distinctive.

In a similar concept, but utterly different, are the addition of two new eye catching designs to Karndean’s Kaleidoscope portfolio. Inspired by traditional Moorish and medieval Spanish architecture, these are quirky patchwork ceramic designs.

Marrakesh deploys the style in natural, earthy mixed tones for a warm, homely look while Casablanca shows a monochrome take on the same design, using grey shades to contemporary effect. “These are ideal as accent floors for a fashionable home, making a bold statement in a simple style,” says Jawad.

In its superb Art Select wood collection, Karndean continues to demonstrate that there is still scope for distinctive design and brought three decors to the show which attracted great interest.

Art Select

Highly unique are the new reclaimed hickory woods, inspired by the American Midwest, which play on the contrast between the dark ‘heartwood’ of the hickory plank against the lighter, brighter outer sapwood. The result is a fascinating combination of authentic tradition and a contemporary crafted appearance.

With more transatlantic influence is the new American Chestnut with a rich, rustic appearance once common across the US from factories and barns. Contrasting light browns and dark chocolates together with a random plank option emphasises the reclaimed, salvage style of this design and gives a warm, solid feel.

And finally, Karndean has been adding to its highly popular French Oak range in the Art Select Collection with an extended range of hues including gentle beige, cool grey and warm honey tones. Alongside the grand 56” x 9” planks, popular new parquet formats are available in 18” x 3” and 9” x 3”.

Kardean Designflooring were once again the proud recipents of the smooth flooring supplier of the year from the Flooring One buying group.

Karndean’s Jamie Fixter is pictured receiving the award from Flooring One’s Peter Karra.

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Carpet tiles are coming home Abingdon Carpet Tiles Carpet tiles have become a contemporary choice for modern homeowners alongside their established popularity in the commercial sector for their hard wearing, durable performance and contemporary clean lines.

Abingdon’s growing carpet tile division now manufactures four ranges in the UK with the addition of its latest Infinite collection, so called because it is made from Econyl regenerated nylon which can be recycled an infinite number of times. The Econyl fibre uses rescued waste from industrial plastic, abundant fishing nets, fabric and carpets which would otherwise be dumped in landfill or the world’s oceans.

Instead, it is turned into the Infinity premium product of 500mm square tiles and 1000 x 250mm planks that are available in 18 colours including coordinated stripes. “Carpet tiles are amazingly versatile and incredibly robust for high traffic areas both at home and at work and Abingdon now has a comprehensive range of stylish options to suit every requirement,” says sales director Martin Peace.

In addition to the Infinite collection in Econyl, Abingdon offers two other ranges in nylon, Combination and Fusion, as well as an entry-level Unity in polypropylene.

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Pure and simple SMG SMG has been putting the finishing touches to their stylish new point-of-sale system which takes own label merchandising to a new level under the buying group’s “Pure” branding.

A new corner unit has been added to the smart selection of “Pure Carpets” wall displays and lecterns. Also there is now a full LVT display system for click, dryback and tile options and a full underlay selection covering sponge, PU and LVT products.

“We think we have created a really clean, contemporary look with lots of flexibility so that members can take as much or as little branded products as they wish,” says Linda Thomas of SMG (pictured right).

SMG recognises the key importance of this approach, allowing their members to compete more effectively against price comparison and online buyers but it also gives them the opportunity to sell manufacturers ranges they might not otherwise have access to and to try out more niche collections or product categories without having to commit until they’re ready.

Also on show was SMG’s new collection of undyed Astral wool carpets, a sector that is attracting an increasing amount of quality business in the market.

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Painting the town Greene Adam Carpets Adam Carpets has seen the future and its green! – Little Greene, to be specific.

The carpet company’s association with one of the U.K.’s most fashionable paint and wallpaper designers has finally come to fruition and raised the bar for flooring in the interiors sector.

The two organisations have been working together closely for the last three years to create a portfolio of matching carpet palettes and paint finishes that sets a new standard for colour coordination.

“We have always had an interior boutique design led approach and the association with Little Greene is ideal for us to take this to the next level,” says managing director Chris Adam. “This is a great opportunity for boutique retailing that can offer a point of real difference. It is aspirational, but practical and can add real value to sales.”

Listening to retailers and getting their thoughts is the best way we know to make products that are going to be successful.

The collaboration has resulted in in-store displays and an elegant catalogue that shows how colours from Adam’s Fine Worcester Twist and Castlemead Twist can be blended with Little Green products and swatches show pale, tonal and adventurous options across the range.

Chris Adam says it was Little Greene’s attention to detail and their commitment to the independent retailer that set them apart as a partner for this venture which the company hopes will generate cross-selling opportunities for its customers.

Also at the buying group show, Adam Carpets revealed a portfolio of development products that their designers are working on and were keen to take feedback from visitors which will help decide which go into commercial production later this year.

“This is an exciting time for us and we have a lot going on, with plenty of variety within it,” says Chris. “Listening to retailers and getting their thoughts is the best way we know to make products that are going to be successful.”

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Wish fulfilment Flooring One debuted its 2019 collection at BGNFS

The Flooring One exhibit at the Buying Groups National Flooring Show held in Solihull was once again a trade show that impressed with new ideas, products and POS. The exclusive member’s area gave retailers the opportunity to give instant feedback on new products and initiatives including Alfresco the first broadloom carpet range from Flooring One which can be installed indoors or out. Manufactured from waterproof and bleach cleanable polypropylene yarn, Alfresco takes the flat weave texture of natural fibres such as sisal and sea grass for a look that is incredibly organic.

For an affordable modern look members previewed a new cut pile print range Moderniso, Tufted using 100% polyamide yarn, there are three modern designs in the collection, Polka Dot, Houndstooth and a Geometric design. A unique product into the group collection.

For opulence and luxury, Luxuriance is an exceptionally super soft saxony carpet that you can really sink your toes into and is perfect for busy family homes.

Looking for colour? Velvet Wish is a new 100% polypropylene carpet

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which comes in thirteen colours including opulent colours such as navy blue and cardinal red. Tufted on a 1/10th gauge machine, using 2-ply yarn, Velvet Wish gives the consumer the look and feel of a fine wool velvet carpet but not at the price associated with these luxury carpets and benefits from a life time stain warranty.

Following the successful launch at the 2018 show, Flooring One introduced a further five patterned Wilton ranges, two entry level products, two modern patterned carpets with an emphasis on denim blue and a high quality tartan design.

Flooring One also showcased 7 Rug suppliers with over 100 options on display which proved popular with members and covered modern, plain and traditional designs.

Our members also benefitted from new technology being demonstrated called Visual Mine. A visual aid system helping consumers visualise their own room setting with a selection of pre-programmed flooring options. Members also got the opportunity to preview The Woven Edge who supply high quality bespoke rugs for retailers to sell in store through an online portal.

Alfresco

Flooring One’s members area

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Winning Suppliers At the show Flooring One presented its annual Supplier of the Year awards. Cormar Carpet Company retained its Carpet Supplier award: the 13th consecutive year it has won, with Ulster Carpets runner-up and Adam Carpets third. Karndean Designflooring won the Smooth Flooring award and Mastercraft Rugs was again voted Rugs Supplier of the Year by the buying group’s members.

Clockwise from left: Cormar Carpet Company, Karndean Designflooring and Mastercraft Rugs

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The Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show 2019

Likewise launch for mats William Armes The Solihull show was the debut for a new collection of mats launched under the Likewise name by William Armes to complement the company’s established Dandy brand.

The Likewise Group acquired William Armes and Bruce Starke earlier this year to build its presence in this market sector and has been busy developing new products.

There were five new ranges in the Likewise collection including three new machine washable polypropylene mats called Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki; a cotton option Bergen; and then Oslo, a highly absorbent polyamides microfibre mat.

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Pictured (l to r) are Emma Hopkins, Andrew McKeand and Ken Garner

Building support for cleanability Woolsafe Woolsafe has been busy building support across the industry to reinforce their campaign about the cleanability of wool with a “bestpractice” approach to carpet and rug care.

The organisation offers carpet manufacturers an associate membership and, with over 30 joining worldwide, UK signatories include Brintons, Ulster Carpets, Jacaranda, Kingsmead, Manx Tomkinson, Kersaint Cobb, Riviera Home, Gaskell Wool Rich and Clarendon Carpets. “The growing level of support from within the industry really helps us to promote the message about how easy it is to clean wool,” says Steve Bakker of Woolsafe (pictured left).

The WoolSafe Certification Mark is widely recognised as the standard for excellence and safety of carpet care chemicals and the organisation is active in product evaluation and certification, education and training, and the promotion of professional cleaning and inspection services.

The WoolSafe Stain Wizard is an excellent web tool to provide a step-by-step response to cleaning a stain and retailers can host the gizmo on their own websites to help consumers.

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Catalogue of choice Asiatic Carpets When you have as much choice to offer as market-leading Asiatic, it is a challenge to present it all in one place so the creation of the company’s stunning new catalogue is a major achievement.

Curating their collection of over 100 ranges, of which 47 are new for the 2019 season, has taken more than nine months to create but it has been worth the wait. The catalogue’s 364 pages tell you all you need to know about the state-of-the-art in rug trends and design. “It makes an impressive calling card!” says Neil Farrell (pictured far left).

Neil was also showing off one of Asiatic’s most recent introductions, the Turkish machine-made Astral Collection (pictured left), the texture of which is created using sophisticated shrink yarns.

Unusually the construction is in fine acrylic which is very soft but extremely hard wearing as it is a fibre that does not allow stains to penetrate. This is a very good looking rug range in nine modernistic options and some super on trend colours including mustard, blue, terracotta and silver. But if it is not to your taste, get hold of one of those catalogues and look at the other 102 collections you can choose from!

T 020 8800 2000 www.asiatic.co.uk

Environmental credentials Carpet Recycling UK Numerous enquiries from retailers and flooring contractors interested in diverting carpet waste from landfill made 2019’s BGNFS a success for Carpet Recycling UK, the not-for-profit association for reusing and recycling waste carpet.

“Retailer buying groups, such as CRUK associate members Flooring One, Metro and Greendale, support our efforts and how we can help members to further improve their environmental credentials by recycling their carpet waste,” comments Adnan Zeb-Khan, CRUK Scheme Manager.

“Retailers and flooring contractors continue to express interest in diverting carpet waste from landfill and recognise the opportunities that this can generate for their businesses.”

CRUK member Kenburn demonstrated how, through efficient compaction, their ‘Carpet Crusher’ can reduce costs associated with haulage of bulky carpet waste.

With over 60 flooring supplier category members – representing well over half of CRUK’s total membership – this sector is successfully engaging with their customer base through social media, helping to spread the ‘carpet recycling’ message.

“By supporting our retailer members’ recycling endeavours with point-of-sale promotional packs, membership certificates and a listing on the CRUK website, we confirm their commitment to improving their environmental credentials – and contributing to the circular economy,” adds Adnan. Flooring manufacturers of carpet tile, carpets and underlay are engaging with CRUK in ongoing sustainability related to design and production of new products.

CRUK was founded in 2008 to tackle the 400,000 tonnes of waste carpet arising in the UK annually. Its core funders are Cormar Carpets, Lifestyle Floors/Headlam, Brintons Carpets, DESSO, ege, Milliken, and Balsan. In 2018, 175,252 tonnes of carpet were reused, recycled or recovered for energy; representing a landfill diversion rate of 44%.

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Review: Showtime in Solihull

The Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show 2019

Fashionable fibres Cavalier Carpets Cavalier Carpets continues to be a creative force in quality carpets that retailers can rely on and rolled out new ranges in both natural and man-made fibres at the buying group show.

Right on trend is the new Provenance, a textured loop pile in undyed 100% Swaledale wool with a hard wearing 3-ply construction available in 4 and 5m that is part of the company’s Couture Collection. The fibre has a fashionable greyish tone and has been manufactured to present an attractive total stripe design which was used to great effect on the stand floor in Solihull (pictured left with Cavalier’s Hans Lowe).

Also notable in wool was the first sight of Cavalier’s tenth gauge top-end 80/20 ranges Architect and Guildhall in their new palette which has a total of 17 new colours in each, while preserving the best-selling shades in these popular ranges. The eighth gauge Criterion and Liberty were similarly recoloured.

Finally, there was a preview of Cavaliers new polyester range Plush which offers soft luxury alongside impressive performance in eight colours which will be seen in the market later this year.

Pictured right are Cavalier representatives: (L to R: Simon Field, Alan Stewart and Nick Walters) T 01254 268 000 www.cavaliercarpets.co.uk

Keep the customer satisfied Computers for Flooring “Everyone wants the Amazon experience now,” says Kristian Bailey, Managing Director of Computers for Flooring, “and our mission is to help flooring people meet the growing expectations of their customers.”

The company’s software product, Carman, is written specifically for the flooring industry to manage every aspect of the business from specification and quotation through to the final invoice and tax return.

But their focus recently has been in building features that help retailers and fitters be more responsive to their customers – for example, keeping consumers in touch with progress through text messages and developing an Android / IOS mobile fitter app that gives the fitter all the job and customer info on their mobiles as well as the ability to upload pictures of the job when completed and take a customer’s signature.

“It’s often the small things that keep the customer happy and we have built a lot of attention to detail into our system alongside the comprehensive business processes. All this allows flooring people to deliver a big-company customer experience from a very affordable package,” adds Kristian.

Pictured is (l to r) Kristian Bailey and Michael Hammond

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Shining through Crucial Trading Crucial Trading’s natural quality shone through with the launch of two sophisticated products in Wools of New Zealand and a new signature sisal to introduce.

Wool Harbour is a bright, fresh stripe which got a very positive reaction from visitors and it will be available to the market in nine colours at 4m broadloom and in rugs.

Alternatively, there was a debut for an uber on trend textured range Wool Tranquil which has a chunky jumper feel and an attractive soft, slightly silky fibre which will be available in eight muted natural colours.

Crucial Trading is the market leader for sisal and introduced their 20th range in the fibre, the distinctive Grand Oriental in four colours and one dramatic design that make this a real statement floor in broadloom or as a sophisticated leather-trim rug.

The Crucial team pictured above, l to r, is: Jenna Kane, Beth Milford and Helen Dunmore

T 01562 743 747 www.crucial-trading.com

Naturally stylish Kersaint Cobb Kersaint Cobb promotes the concept of “naturally stylish” and the impressive overall of its marketing presentation reinforces the impression of a company that is setting an agenda for savvy sophistication for discerning consumers.

Picture above, left, is marketing manager Emma Barber and below is sales rep Simon Knowles

New branding and smart marketing resources online and in point-of-sale displays and literature underline the company’s commitment to develop a high added value strategy – and two new launches at Solihull added to the interest.

In the carpet collection, Wool Odyssey is a smart new textured bouclé from 100% wool available in eight colours which shows an attractive asymmetric stripe. In Kersaint Cobb’s highly regarded wood collection, two beautiful herringbone designs Providence in seven shades and Levana in six were presented on the company’s award-winning wood carousel POS. Two new brochures have just been launched for consumers, one which showcases all carpet collections and the other which is solely for the wood ranges available.

T 01675 430 430 www.kersaintcobb.co.uk

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The Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show 2019

A taste of classical Venice LDP Premiering to the UK flooring retail industry for the first time, Splendore di Venezia, was the star of the stand for Louis de Poortere at this year’s Buying Groups National Flooring Show.

Inspired by the opulence and splendour of classical Venice, the brand-new collection uses high-gloss polyester raffia, a flat tape-like continuous yarn, to give it a unique look. Louis de Poortere weaves, twists and turns the silver and gold yarns for a dazzling effect. Mixed with cotton chenille and woven into striking geometric and abstract patterns, this extra-strong yarn sets Splendore di Venezia apart.

“The manufacturing process behind Splendore is something quite different,” explains Alan Russell, sales director UK for the brand. “It’s resulted in a fabulous look that revels in enchanting detail and it certainly caught the attention of many visitors to this year’s show.”

T 01505 615663 www.louisdepoortere.com

terræn takes centre stage Ulster Carpets terræn, Ulster Carpets’ Danish-inspired cut and loop collection, took centre stage at the Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show.

The range has proved popular since it was launched last year, tapping into the trend for neutral colours. Offering six designs inspired by the environment around us, terræn is available in 4m, 3m, 2m and 1m colour matching multi widths with four neutral colourways.

Manufactured in Denmark by danfloor (an Ulster Group company specialising in loop products), terræn sits alongside Ulster’s popular OPEN SPACES and HABITÜS collections.

Ulster also highlighted the multiwidth service which offers retailers a variety of colour matching cuts in different widths at no extra charge.

Through multiwidth, woven axminster products are available in 4.57m, 3.66m, 2.74m, 1.83m and 0.91m widths, while Ulster’s wilton and tufted products are offered in 5m, 4m, 3m, 2m, and 1m widths.

T 028 3833 4433 www.ulstercarpets.com

Taking it up a gear Balta Underlining its commitment to delivering the very best in products and service to UK carpet retailers, Balta unveiled a raft of new innovations to buying group members in attendance at this year’s BGNFS. With six cut-length ranges and an exciting new roll programme, Balta certainly had lots to tell, using the event to showcase the latest in carpet styles.

Marking a return to traditional pattern carpet, the manufacturer showed Stalcaire, a 100% IMPREL soft 1/8th gauge Saxony available in the printed pindot of Jewel and Fleur De Lys. Using a heat-set yarn to give the classic style resilience and longevity, Stalcaire is available in six colourways and in four and five-metre widths.

The growing Leonis collection of super-soft and stain-resistant carpets also saw space on the stand with the introduction of Tintagel and Lansdowne. In smoky greys and blues, along with pale Meringue and White Pepper, Tintagel is a collection that leads the way with its on-trend palette and lavish pile. Offering bleach cleanability and stain-resistance, the classic 1/8th cut-pile comes with TwinBack for easier fitting, better stability and more comfort.

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Innovation on display Stairrods Stairrods has built its reputation on innovation for its class-leading products and at Solihull they demonstrated how they apply the same imagination to their point of sale displays.

To present their substantial range of top-quality trims, profiles and accessories, the company has designed two “whiteboards” – one for carpets and one for hard flooring – which have a set of product sections mounted on one side and installation instructions printed on the reverse.

“This started off as an interesting idea and now everybody wants them,” said Keith Vowles (pictured with Katie Herdman). “So we are making them as fast as we can as retailers are finding this is something they can really work with, especially in customers’ homes.”

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Outstanding attraction Kingsmead Carpets Kingsmead’s attractive stand at the Solihull show was dominated by their eye-catching new point-of-sale system which works as wall displays but was shown in an impressive island configuration to great effect – and they have plenty of new ranges to put on it!

Pennine Twist has just been launched as a competitively priced, entry-level 80/20 twist with plenty of options across 12 colours and three weights.

Meanwhile, Kingsmead’s highly regarded Ayrshire range now has an improved specification as an 80/20 in New Zealand wool, including 5% polyester, and 15% polypropylene across an impressive range of options – 20 colours in plains and heathers including a great selection of pastoral shades, two weights 40oz and 50oz and in 4 and 5m.

Finally, there was a beautifully finished new tenth gauge polypropylene to admire called Fine Velvet which has just been launched under the Stoddard brand.

T 01827 831424 www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk

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Are you ready to shine out in 2019?

The Flooring Innovation Awards recognises everything that’s genuinely new, exciting and innovative in the UK flooring industry.

Following the huge success of our inaugural year in 2018, we’ve already had more than 70 entries since the new scheme opened in May!

Winning an Innovation Star is a badge of honour you can associate with your business for the year ahead to add kudos to your marketing.

Our independent panel of judges will assess entries in 12 trade categories - check them out on our website.

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Factsheet Adhesive Types Acrylic/Resin: Ideal for plasticized PVC and most modern flooring.

Bitumen: A tar-like material, bitumen has a high degree of moisture resistance and is used for damp-proof membranes and installing tiles, wood blocks and mosaics.

Epoxy Resin: A two-part chemical curing system that is used in aggressive environments such as conservatories, wet rooms, commercial kitchens and exterior installations.

Polyurethane: An adhesive with rapid bonding characteristics, typically used for wood floors.

ADHESIVES

SELECTION CHECKLIST

The criteria to select an adhesive will cover the following points.

Larger manufacturers offer detailed guides to select the correct adhesive – even indexing floor manufacturer’s products by name to ensure an accurate match. For accurate and up-to-date information consult the F. Ball Recommended Adhesives Guide.

Open Time: The time you have to fit the flooring into the adhesive after which the bond will no longer be ideal. The time until the floor may be walked on should be checked.

Odour: Low odour, solvent free and low VOC products are increasingly favoured and now have the same performance characteristics of older products.

Polyvinyl Acetate: Typically used for close fitting joints in timber, laminate floors and panels.

Coverage: How thick and how far can the adhesive be spread.

Tackifier: An adhesive for carpet designed to increase the tackiness – or the tack range – of an adhesive.

Application Method: Different adhesives may be applied by roller, trowel or spray.

Water-based Adhesive: Many different types of adhesives now use water as their carrier to avoid odours and flammability issues which are common with chemical solvents.

Strength: Including how quickly the adhesive will “grab” the floor covering and its strength when fully cured.

Underfloor Heating: A lot of modern adhesives are suitable for use with underfloor heating but

this criteria must be checked where appropriate.

Subfloor: What surface will the adhesive stick to most effectively including concrete, sand cement screeds, levelling compounds, plywood and chipboard. While there are multi-purpose adhesives, specialist products will be better suited to certain surfaces. The porosity of the floor is a key determinant of the type of adhesive to be used and its performance during installation.

Special Performance: Certain adhesives are more suitable for damp, humid or high temperature environments.

Air Quality and the Environment: The old wisdom that the more it smells, the better it sticks is no longer acceptable to modern consumers and solvent-based products are increasingly replaced by water-based adhesives.

The Perfect System for your Designer Floor The perfect adhesive choice for luxury vinyl tiles Choose Styccobond F46, the market leading pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive.

Stopgap 300 HD, Stopgap P131 and Styccobond F46.

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Flooring factsheet from Interfloor Luxury underfoot

Interfloor’s underlay recognised at first National Flooring Innovation Awards Interfloor was proud to have its products recognised in the inaugural National Flooring Innovation Awards, demonstrating its commitment to delivering new and exciting creations into an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Winner Underlay: Tredaire Palladium

The awards scheme is designed to celebrate the ideas, imagination and innovation driving the UK flooring industry to new heights. There were over 100 submissions in categories ranging from carpets to underlay to version point-of-sale.

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Interfloor introduced its highest density PU underlay range in response to market demand for firmer and more luxurious products suitable for use in all areas of the home.

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In the underlay category, one of Interfloor’s new class of Premium High Density (PHD) products Tredaire Palladium was named a winner.

Interfloor’s Sales Director Gary Cowley said: “We are absolutely delighted to have received this accolade and recognition for our commitment to innovation. It really strengthens Interfloor’s reputation as an inventor of quality flooring products.”

One of the three products in the PHD range, Tredaire Palladium 10mm was recently relaunched in response to customer feedback.

Tredaire Palladium has high performance Textron backing to give it more dimensional stability and cleaner cutting during installation as well as exceptional ‘shock absorber’ properties to help give it a longer life. It has superior heat insulation properties ‘Gold’ version and high acoustic ratings to reduce noise. It has a nominal density of 180kg/m3 and offers superior protection for carpets that is longer lasting and better Use restricted to ‘Innovation Gold’ performing. winners only Palladium is also made from 100 per cent recycled foam, giving it excellent “green” credentials.

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Flooring factsheet Underlay In a tight market for margins, underlay for carpet and hard flooring offers retailers one of the best opportunities to add value to every sale – with good profitability, trade-up potential once benefits are understood and high customer satisfaction levels.

The Carpet Foundation and its Consumer Code of Practice approved by the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) recommend that new carpet underlay is bought with every new carpet.

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Many consumers are now aware of the benefits of underlay but more needs to be done to provide information about the different types available and their suitability for different areas of the home.

Setting up in-store demonstrations so customers can walk on samples with different grades of underlay and feel the difference has shown excellent results. Some manufacturers offer point-of-sale units and foot testers.

Benefits

Good underlay will...

• Improve underfoot comfort • Increase appearance retention, reducing flattening • Absorb the pressure of foot traffic and reduce wear • Improve thermal insulation and warmth • Increase sound insulation • Smooth out sub-floor imperfections • Last the lifetime of the carpet Poor or old underlay will...

• Feel hard and unwelcoming • Reduce carpet life • Cause wrinkling and premature wear spots • Cause carpet fibres to break down more quickly • Not meet British Standards How thick?

A maximum of 12mm is recommended (working with gripper will be difficult thereafter) but rooms with heavy traffic will need a thinner, denser pad. The combination of thickness and density is all important as a thick underlay with low density may not perform well. Typically, the thicker the underlay, the better quality it will need to be – 11mm is often used for luxury installations with 9mm and 7mm the common domestic thickness.

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PU (polyurethane) foam This is now the market’s most popular underlay and is typically made from recycled foam offcuts. The foam provides excellent comfort and performance levels with lots of thickness options and densities and provides great insulation – and its light weight helps handling.

Sponge rubber Introduced in the 1950s, this is a more traditionally manufactured underlay available in flat or waffle patterns in a wide range of weights for different applications. It performs well for comfort and has a durable spring retention.

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Crumb rubber Flat and dense, crumb rubber is good for heavy footfall – offering maximum protection but a little less comfort (and very good over stair nosings).

Laminate underlay There’s still an opportunity to sell underlay with laminate flooring, improving the acoustic performance of the floor and helping the boards float above any imperfections in the sub-floor.

Combination A rubber crumb base with a felt top layer offers a good combination of protection, durability and comfort. It also allows carpet with seaming to bed into the top felt.

Underfloor heating underlay Always ask if there is underfloor heating. Most manufacturers offer specialised products. Underlay and carpet with a combined tog rating of 2.5 can be used – which means the underlay would normally have a tog rating of 1.0.

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Felt This traditional (but environmentally friendly) undelay is made from recycled fibres – wool, jute and synthetic – to create a firm, dense pad with excellent thermal insulation.

Still a very popular choice among contractors when stretch fitting woven carpets.

Pre-tackified underlay A self-adhesive single stick underlay in both needlefelt and PU. A removable system for heavy use when comfort is desired.

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Flooring factsheet Carpet trouble-shooter

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Fading on Wool

Carpets made from wool can and do fade in use. The degree of fade can vary depending on the colour chosen and the local conditions to which the carpet is subjected.

Fading can be caused by exposure to ultra violet light which is found in daylight, but is accelerated when sunlight shines directly onto the carpet. This has the effect of lightening or “Bleaching” the colour just as exposure to sunlight will lighten human hair. Wool is after all animal hair.

Protection should be given to carpets exposed to such conditions just as you would protect other furniture or fabrics.

A complaint on fading would be considered justified if it failed to meet the required shade standard when tested to the British Standard BS1006 (1990).

Soiling

Soiling is usually the result of some local condition to which the carpet has been subjected to, or maintenance, or lack of maintenance programme. There is nothing we as manufacturers can do to prevent soiling in use. There are several types of soiling which are quite common: Spillages - Liquids such as soft drinks, cordials or any drink which contains sugar, particularly hot drinks, is likely to leave a stain. In such instances, professional help should be sought.

Colour matching

Carpets are produced in batches - known as creels - and usually each batch produces between 500m2 - 3000m2 in a single width, depending on the creel size. Whilst the recipe used by the dyer remains constant, and is followed to the letter, in each separate production the colour reproduction will vary from batch to batch.

However production is matched back to the original or master sample to ensure that the colour remains ‘within a commercial tolerance’.

This process if not an exact science and a commercial tolerance is subjective but nevertheless is usually the professional judgement of the head dyer based on his/her experience.

A greater level of tolerance is required on blended colours (Heathers etc). To ensure perfect colour matching it is advisable that a single width be used in any installation requiring exact colour matching.

N.B. Carpets which are laid with the pile travelling in different directions, even though they be from the same batch will appear not to match. For further information please check with the manufacturers recommendations.

Sprouting

Occasionally an odd tuft or two can work its way to the surface and stand proud of the rest of the pile. This is probably due to one end of the tuft being longer than the other i.e. J shaped tuft instead of V shaped. Remedial action merely requires that the offending tufts be scissor trimmed level with the rest of the pile. They should never be pulled out.

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Shampoo - if incorrectly applied, can leave sticky soap residues in the fibres which can result in the soiling reappearing quite rapidly.

Dust - which is carried on draughts can soil carpets in various ways, apart from the obvious soiled edges, at gaping skirting boards for instance, dark lines appearing on surface might suggest airborne dust vacuum-drawn through poorly fitted floorboards. Sometimes the shape of floorboards can be seen quite clearly. Air borne dust sometimes shows itself as spots on the carpet, this is due to the air carried on a draught under the carpet escaping through minute holes both in the underlay and the carpet, leaving dust deposited on the pile much like a filter action.

In such installations, the use of a lining paper is essential as a preventative measure.

It is the responsibility of the retailer to advise the consumer when the carpet is measured of any poorly fitting doors, skirtings, or floorboards and the consumers responsibility to ensure any remedial work to seal draughts, is carried out before the carpet is fitted, if a resulting complaint is to be avoided.

Static

Carpets do not produce static but like other household fabrics and objects have the capacity to store it. Static is caused by the build up of static electricity upon personnel in a dry environment and is discharged when a person makes contact with an object which can conduct electricity (i.e. door handle or filing cabinets, etc).

The static charges will vary in intensity depending upon the individual, air humidity and the contact materials. Static is more usually associated with synthetic materials as they do not retain moisture very well but it can and does occur with wool in very dry room conditions.

Preventative measures include the introduction of moisture into the room or in situ carpet treatment.

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Flattening

Flattening will occur as a result of traffic which eventually flattens the pile particularly in the main areas of use.

All pile fabrics will flatten to greater or lesser degree dependant on the amount of traffic to which it is subjected and the construction (tuft density/pile fibre/height/weight) of the product concerned.

Shading

Shading occurs because the pile of the carpet has become crushed, flattened or brushed in a different direction to the natural lie of the pile whilst in situ. This causes light reflection at differing angles resulting in the creation of light and dark patches on the carpet. This will occur on all pile fabrics but can be more noticeable on plainer carpets because the shadows created by pile pressure will not be disguised by a heavy pattern or design.

Pile Reversal

Like shading, this occurs when the pile or nap of the carpet changes direction and thus reflects light at different angles showing the effects of shading which can become permanent. It is also described as ‘watermarking’. This can happen to every carpet construction be it Axminster, Wilton, Tufted, Hand Woven, Persian, Chinese, Indian or even Coir Matting. Like shading it can be more apparent on plain carpet because heavy patterns can disguise the effects.

It can occur quite quickly after installation. A tremendous amount of research has been carried out over many years by many institutes to determine the cause of this phenomenon but none of it has proved conclusive.

Shedding

All cut pile carpets will lose short fibre, which is created during production when spun yarn is cut for tuft formation.

These fibres fall onto the surface of the pile and appear as ‘fluff’.

The effect varies with yarn type and may be removed without detrimental effect upon the carpet by vacuum cleaning. This excess fibre is only a small fraction of the total fibre contained in the carpet.

Indentations

When a carpet is subjected to a heavy point load, such as under the legs of furniture, it is unreasonable to expect the carpet not to indent. Usually, the longer the load is in place, the longer will be the time for the pile to recover.

In the case of very heavy loads in place for a considerable time, the recovery time can be very considerable.

It must be remembered that it is not only the pile of the carpet that becomes indented. The underlay will also indent and the backing of the carpet may also distort into the indentation in the underlay. Some underlay’s will recover well and some less well depending upon their composition, thickness, density etc. The use of cups below furniture legs can spread the load and the net result is a larger area of less deeply indented carpet.

The ability of a carpet to recover from a heavy static load can be measured in the laboratory, using the test method described in BS 4939 and many manufacturers will have data on this aspect of carpet performance. In this test the carpet is loaded for 24 hours and the degree of recovery is measured after 1 hour and 24 hours. Since there are so many different underlay’s however, it is very rare for the recovery from a heavy static load to be evaluated on carpet and underlay.

There is no commonly known manufacturing process which can cause or cure this phenomenon and therefore it is not a manufacturing fault. For further information please check with individual manufacturers recommendations.

Often normal maintenance (vacuum cleaning with a rotating brush machine) will speed up recovery but in the case of serious indentations the use of an iron and damp cloth or a steam iron together with a blunt darning needle to carefully tease up the pile can be beneficial. Care must be take not to over wet the carpet, of course.

Pulling Loops

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Pulled loops occur only in looped pile carpet where one or more loops in the continuous pile is pulled through the primary backing of the carpet. This is usually due to some local condition, possibly some sharp object which has caught in a loop in situ and has resulted in a pull.

Pulled loops are easily dealt with by trimming the offending end level with the rest of the pile. They should not be left as this could result in further loops being pulled and developing into a ladder.

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The samples held by individual retailers may not be from the same batch as current production and therefore should be used as a guide and not an exact colour match.

Installation

Telephone National Institute of Carpet Fitters (NICF) for further information – 0115 958 3077.

This information is given by responsible manufacturers to help you help your customer to make an informed choice.

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01274 655694

Adam Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W Ww

01562 829966

Alternative Flooring

01264 335111

Associated Weavers Tw Tu

01422 431100

Avena Carpets Ltd Tu Ww Axwoven Carpets Ltd Ax Be Axminster Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tw

01422 330261 0121 550 5788 01297 32244

Brockway Carpets Ltd Tw W sales@brockway.co.uk

01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk

Bronte Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W office@brontecarpets.co.uk www.brontecarpets.co.uk

01282 862 736

Burmatex Tu

01924 262525

+32 56 62 2211

Cavalier Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww 01254 268000

Beaulieu International Group Be Pr Tu Tw

+32 56 67 66 11

Christy Carpets Tu 019078 308777

Belvedere Carpets

Tu W sales@belvederecarpets.co.uk www.belvederecarpets.co.uk Betap Tufting BV +31 383 861 060 BIC Carpets +32 56 23 54 10

020 8800 0740

Clarendon Carpets Tw

01827 831480

Classis Carpets Tu W Ww

0870 020 1725

Condor Carpets BV Tu Tw W Tu

+31 38 4778911

Be Tw W

Contempo Carpets

Bizspoke Custom Carpets Be Tw W

01924 488882

Blenheim Carpets Ax Be Tw W Ww

020 7823 3040

BMK

0113 380 5333

Bond Worth Ltd Ax 01562 745000

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sales@contempocarpets.co.uk www.contempocarpets.co.uk

Cormar Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W info@cormarcarpets.co.uk www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

Brintons Couristan Carpets Ax Tu Tw W Ww 0800 505055 Ax Tu W Ww

Stainfree Twist from Abingdon

01294 558400

Creative Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

0116 284 1455

Creatuft Carpets Tu W

+32 56 35 4444

Custom Carpet Company Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

01737 830301

Dan-Floor UK W

0844 9151000

Domo Floorcovering Pr Tu Tw

Balta Industries Tu Tw W Ww

Belvedere Carpets

Craigie Carpets Be

Durham Twist from Hugh Mackay

01204 881 234

800 223 6186

+32 55 335211

E & WE Carpets W

01562 825952

Edel Telenzo Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W sales@edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk Enterprise Weaving Co Be Ww

Fells Carpets

Ww cummings@btinternet.com www.fellscarpets.co.uk Fletco Taepper A/S Tu W

Flock-living Limited Tu Wa info@flock-living.com www.flock-living.com

Firth Carpets & Flooring Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

01422 374 417

01562 745030

01977 662211

+45 96 60 3000

+44 (0)20 8440 8777

01484 721529

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Le Tissage d’Arcade Ax Ww

+32 05685 4747

Lecaflor Ltd Ax Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

Furlong Flooring

Tw W enquiries@furlongcentral.co.uk www.furlongflooring.co.uk Gaskell Wool Rich Tu Tw W

01772 696 787

01827 831525

Gaskell Mackay Carpets Ltd Ax Tu Tw W Georgian Carpets Tu Tw W

01429 892525 01827 831430

Godfrey Hirst (GB) Ltd Tu Halbmond Teppichwerke Be Pr Tu

0800 526696 +49 037 421 420

Hammer Carpets

01473 826870

Heckmondwike FB

01924 410544

infouk@hammercarpetsuk.com www.hammercarpets.com

ITC Be Pr Tw Tu

0032 51 424 411

John Lanham Watts Carpets Ax Tw Ww John Evans Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

07850 935301

Joseph Hamilton & Seaton W Kingsmead Carpets Tu Tw W

Lano NV

Ax Pr Tu Tw W Ww marketing@lano.be www.lano.com

01937 588511

01827 831400 01827 831 424

+32 56 65 4300

Bronte’s Cream Shagpile

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Leigh Spinners Ltd Tw

01942 673232

Louis de Poortere W

+32 56 393 386

Lusotufo Tu

+35 12 56 750 500

Manx Carpets Tw W

01827 831 434

Master Weaver W Ww

01562 754 382

Mayfield Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 639 866

MID NL Be

+31 38 851 8700

Millennium Weavers Europe Tu Tw sales@millenniumweavers.eu www.millenniumweavers.be Modulyss Be Tu Tw Pr

+32 55 50 9050

+32 52 457211

Mr Tomkinson Tw Ww

01827 831 450

Penthouse Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 341231

Phoenox Textiles Pr Tu

01484 863227

Pownall Carpets Tw W

0845 6528811

Roger Vanden Berghe.NV Tu Ww

+32 56 73 57 11

Signature Carpets Be Tu W

01422 845075

TAT Carpet

07976 607657

Tapibel NV Pr Tu Tw

01623 481 221

Tasibel NV Tw

+32 52 499600

The Grosvenor Wilton Co W Ww

01562 701456

The Sultana Carpet Co Ax

01299 822300

Wilton Carpet Commercial Ax Tu Tw Ww W Be

01722 746000

Thomas Witter UK Ltd Tu Tw

0870 1128318

Timzo Tufting Industry BV Tu

+31 38 385 4477

Tisca Tiara Tu Ww

07860 911748

Trendy Tuft Designs Be Tu Tw W

01274 855080

Ulster Carpets Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

02838 334433

United Carpets & Beds Tw W Ww

01709 732 666

Victoria Carpets Tu Tw W Ww

01562 749300

Vorwerk Flooring

01282 332025

Westex Carpets Tu

01274 861334

Weston Hammer W

0845 644 9090

Whitestone Weavers Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

01429 892555

Wilkies Carpets Tw

0113 307 9955

Ryalux Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

0845 652 8811

Woodward Grosvenor Ax Tu Tw W Ww

Sans Frontieres Ltd Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

0844 5611977

Wool Classics Tu Ww

Shaw Home Foundations Tu

01675 433 501

Woven Carpets of Kidderminster W 01299 827477

Cormar’s Sensation Twist

0800 526696 0207 349 1560

Wellington Stripe from Ulster

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Leeds 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

Birch Distribution Leeds - see Floorwise page 72

Fells Carpets

TCS “The Carpet Specialists” Morecambe 01524 840177 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com Xylo Wood Flooring London 020 8368 8122 infouk@xyloflooring.com www.xyloflooring.com

North East

Fells Carpets Leeds 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Floorwise (North East) Ltd Birtley - see Floorwise page 72

North West

Carpet Line Direct Manchester 01204 701188 salesnw@carpetlinedirect.co.uk www.carpetlinedirect.co.uk D. M. Miller Ltd Manchester 0161 205 9949 dm.miller@btconnect.com www.dmmillerltd.spaces.lives.com Fells Carpets Goole 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

Birch Distribution Sheffield - see Floorwise page 72

Birch Distribution Hull - see Floorwise page 72 Cornerstone Flooring Doncaster - see Floorwise page 72 Cornerstone Flooring East Midlands and Warwickshire 01159 444711 sales@cornerstoneflooring.co.uk www.cornerstoneflooring.co.uk DMS Flooring Supplies Northampton 0845 643 5601 dmsnorthampton@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk

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Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Salesmark Ltd St Neots - see Floorwise page 72 STS Flooring Distributors Cambridge Tel: 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk

South West

BL Flooring Supplies Bristol - see Floorwise page 72

Floorwise D & J Ltd Southam - see Floorwise page 72

BL Flooring Supplies Gloucester - see Floorwise page 72

J J Wholesale & Distribution Ltd Birmingham 0121 765 4994 jjwholesale@gmx.com

Fitwell Flooring Ltd Redruth - see Floorwise page 72

Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk

Flooring Supplies (Wessex) Amesbury 01980 625888 orders@flooringsupplieswessex.co.uk

STS Flooring Distributors Watford 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk

R & M Wholesale Bristol 01179 531222 Tiverton 01884 258266 sales@rmwholesale.co.uk

Trade Counter Carpets Leicester 0845 604 3055 tradecountercarpets@gmail.com Woodall Brothers Ltd Shrewsbury - see Floorwise page 72

Fitwell Flooring Ltd Newton Abott - see Floorwise page 72

Salesmark West Ltd Amesbury - see Floorwise page 72 Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk see page 21 for details

Choice Flooring Manchester - see Floorwise page 72 MCA Floorwise Ltd Morecambe - see Floorwise page 72 Millbrook Carpets Darwen 01254 703999 millbrookcarpets@live.co.uk

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Acorn Carpet Accessories Bromley, Kent - see Floorwise page 72 Ashmount Flooring Supplies Tottenham 0208 808 2158 sales@ashmountflooring.co.uk www.ashmountflooringsupplies.co.uk Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Clifford Floors Strood 01634 285900 sales@clifford.uk.com Culpeck Strood 01634 299000 sales@culpeck.uk­­.com Columbia Flooring Middlesex 020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooring.co.uk see page 11 for details DMS Flooring Supplies Hemel Hempstead 0845 643 5344 dmshemel@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk DMS Flooring Supplies Milton Keynes 0845 643 5320 dmslaser@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Flooring Storage UK Potters Bar 01707 245999 sales@flooringstorage.com www.flooringstorage.com Kent Flooring Supplies Ltd Chatham 01634 668668 sales@kentflooring.co.uk www.kentflooring.co.uk Littner Hampton London 020 8520 8474 littnerhampton@aol.com www.littnerhamptoncarpets.co.uk

Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd Brighton 01273 557211 sales@pwwflooring.com www.pwwflooring.com Rackhams London 020 8531 9225 sales@rackhamsltd.co.uk www.rackhamsltd.co.uk see page 19 for details Salesmark Lancing - see Floorwise page 72 Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk see page 21 for details STS Flooring Distributors Basildon 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk STS Flooring Distributors Orpington/Croydon 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk Trade Carpet London Wimbledon 0208 247 3891 sales@tradecarpet.com www.tradecarpet.com

Wales

Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk Selected Rugs & Matting Cardiff 0844 8360650 customerservices@selectedrugs.co.uk www.selectedrugs.co.uk

Scotland

Flanagan Flooring Distributors Glasgow Business Park Baillieston Tel: 0141 773 1122 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com MCD Scotland Uddingston Glasgow 01698 808000 mcdscotland@mcd.co.uk www.mcdscotland.co.uk Neil Smith Ltd Glasgow - see Floorwise page 72

Ireland

Flanagan Flooring Distributors Belfast & Saintfield Co. Down Northern Ireland Tel: 028 9751 0932 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com Flanagan Flooring Distributors Willow Business Park Dublin Tel: (01) 429 7800 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Dublin - see Floorwise page 72 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Belfast - see Floorwise page 72 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Limerick - see Floorwise page 72 TCS “The Carpet Specialists” Co. Louth 00353 429 351 351 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com

John Palmer Carpets Fareham 01329 221933 sales@johnpalmercarpets.uk.net

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• Evaluate all buying groups as they all work differently

• Talk to the main marketing contact and/or a member

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Buying groups have been a highly successful feature of the floor retailing scene in the last decade or so, giving independents the extra edge they need to compete effectively with the retail park chains.

More than 1000 retailers are now members of one of the several buying groups which operate in our sector and the numbers are slowly, but steadily growing.

• Get a list of members and call up two or three for a ‘real-world’ view

• Establish your territorial exclusivity – where’s the next nearest member of each buying group

• Ensure you understand the financial arrangements,

any fees that would relate to your membership, how the bills are paid and whether your fees are refundable if it doesn’t work out. Ask the buying group for a consultation to estimate your potential savings

While the benefits of bulk buying power are self-evident, the resistance to the buying group concept among nonmembers appears to be centred on fears of surrendering some control to a committee – and most particularly compromising long-established relationships and negotiated terms with current suppliers.

• Review all the extra benefits and services to see

The bottom line is the bottom line. A retailer selling across a broad range of products is likely to improve margins within a buying group – but you don’t need a leap of faith to join up. Ask the buying groups for answers...

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• Check out the product ranges offered including the own-label options and the UK/European mix

• Ensure you understand any rules that may limit your

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Key benefits Increase margins • Group purchases to get beneficial rates • Rebates • Exclusive higher-margin products • Special promotions

ne of the key reasons to join a buying group is to O benefit from the discounts they negotiate as a bulk buyer from manufacturers. The way discounts and rebates are passed on to members varies between groups so make sure it’s absolutely clear how this will be done. You’ll need to work out how this compares with discounts you have already negotiated locally with preferred suppliers.

Access professional services • Business and financial services • IT and internet support • Training and workshops • Professional bodies Some buying groups offer an excellent range of other services which may be valuable to your business.

Financial services include invoice factoring, credit, loans and insurance. Some of the more sophisticated groups offering marketing packages, software systems to help you run your business operations and customised websites ready to use. Relationships with professional and training organisations can also offer discounts.

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• Best of both worlds’ proposition • Wider ranges and exclusive products • POS, displays and merchandising support

Your customers will like the proposition that you are independent but with the buying power of a group – this gives them (and you) the ‘best of both worlds’ with personal service and competitive pricing. Most groups will also offer you ‘own label’ ranges and support with pointof-sale, merchandising and displays. Central stockholding may also be on offer.

Network with other independents • Members-only exhibitions with preferred manufacturers • Regular meetings and supplier presentations • Regional workshops • Helpline A lot of retailers enjoy the buying group environment of being independent but not alone out there on the High Street. Groups hold regular meetings and some have their own trade shows, regional meetings and workshops to help you develop your business. The network gives you someone to call when you need advice on, for example, an unusual installation, a technical consumer complaint, legal issue or business dilemma.

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www.smg-group.co.uk Contact: Mike Reed Tel: 0118 932 3832 info@smg-group.co.uk

Associated Carpet Group www.acgcarpets.com Contact: Richard Moore Tel: 01942 825520 richard@acgcarpets.com

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Sales Representatives Earnings Potential £50k+ SouthEast/M25 Corridor Abingdon Flooring is one of the leading carpet manufacturers in the UK with some of the most recognisable brands in the industry, supplying quality carpets to the retail, contract and wholesale trade in the UK.

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We are currently enjoying an unprecedented level of growth in the South of the country and therefore are looking for enthusiastic individuals who can help develop the full potential of this established area even further operating within the London/M25 corridor.

The ideal candidates will be tenacious, organised and professional with a willingness to develop and will have knowledge of the trade from retail or territory sales experience, however we do encourage applicants from other industries who are keen to get a foothold in this fantastic trade.

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This is a role for a flooring industry insider who knows this region and the potential that can be realised as well as somebody who wishes to develop a fantastic long term career within our team.

Please send your CV and hand written covering letter summarising your relevant skills and experience to: Laura Phillips – HR Assistant, Abingdon Flooring, Pen-y-fan Park, Newbridge, Gwent. NP11 3XG Or via email to laura.phillips@abingdonflooring.co.uk Closing date for applications 26th July 2019

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