FAST FLOORING FROM MILLIKEN FOR
AGILE TIMES Milliken has transformed and relaunched its ship-from-stock programme. The new 24 Hour Despatch From Stock, Quick Ship programme enables a convenient, rapid turnaround service, without compromising on creativity or quality. It was developed in response to current market conditions; where deadlines are getting tighter and demand for quick turnaround on projects is increasingly essential. Included in the programme is a vast array of more than 100 design and colour options available for despatch within 24 hours of order placement.
Milliken is uniquely placed to offer this service because all of its carpet tiles for the European market are manufactured in the United Kingdom. From the company’s Wigan base nearly 600 people are employed and 2021 saw the 35th year Milliken has been making carpet tiles in Britain.
VERONA HIRES DEDICATED TEAM TO
DRIVE SALES Following the launch of its flooring collection, Verona has recruited three new members of the team to drive forward this new category for the business.
With a focus on independent retailers and developing distribution across the UK, the new sales team has ambitious targets to meet and will be liaising closely with customers to provide sales materials to ensure retailers can effectively sell the full flooring portfolio to consumers.
A group of highly experienced subject experts, the new flooring team will be led by national sales manager, Dean Smith and supported by business development manager for the south, Adam Curran and business development manager for the north, Chris Lamb.
Dean, who joins the team from UK Flooring Direct, has high hopes for Verona’s floorcoverings portfolio with his long-term vision is to create a flooring collection that is affordable without sacrificing quality. He said: “Our focus is to supply customers with original and
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There is a minimum order quantity of just one box, however up to 500m² of carpet tiles and 150m² of LVT can be shipped within just 24 hours of ordering. The Milliken collections available under the Quick Ship programme include the newly launched and already top-selling, Northward Bound, as well as the ever-popular Nordic Stories and Tracing Landscapes carpet tile collections. Also included are over 40 LVT design and colour choices and Milliken’s OBEX entrance flooring tiles.
Alison Kitchingman, director of marketing and design at Milliken, said: “We’ve made vast improvements to our Quick Ship service, acknowledging the current market conditions and the changing needs of buyers and specifiers. As our lives become ever more digital, the pace of business gets faster and deadlines get even tighter. We’ve collated a selection of our customers favourite carpet, LVT and entrance flooring products, in a range
innovative products across a range of price points. Drawing upon Verona’s extensive expertise of supply chain management, marketing and customer service, I’m confident we can move into a new market with ease and give retailers a constant supply of new products that will excite their customers.”
Another recruit with vast knowledge of the floorcoverings sector, Chris Lamb, joins with 13 years of experience working for some of the most prominent manufacturers and distributors in the market. He said: “I am extremely confident in Verona’s abilities to become a leading supplier of floorcoverings. Verona’s current structure, expertise and success within the tiling sector will offer the flooring division a strong foundation to replicate their previous and ongoing accomplishments but with flooring products.
“We have new launches coming soon with the first our highly anticipated SPC
of construction types and price points, to help make choosing Milliken flooring even easier.”
www.millikencarpet.com
LVT Click Tile range. This product has limited exposure and distribution in the market and will complement our current wood plank SPC LVT, Clicklux, offering the consumer a wide variety of designs in both wood plank and tile-effect. Our new Hydroclick Laminate also offers something completely different with a choice of chevron, herringbone, vintage patchwork and Victorian tile designs.”
www.veronagroup.co.uk
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