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Autumn 2014


Welcome to the very first issue of Tomorrow’s Retail Floors. As the next few issues go on, we hope you’ll come to recognise us as your go-to publication for the retail sector of the flooring industry, with our exclusive interviews, engaging features and all the latest trends in textures and materials.


We hope to keep you informed of everything that’s going on in the flooring business, so we’ve started with an industry update on what to expect from this year’s Flooring Show – check out our special news piece as well as our sneak preview in the next few pages.


We also want to make sure you’re giving the best advice to customers, so not only will we give you a ‘Top Trends’ insight every season, but we’ll also give you interviews from the top people in the sector. This issue, we have a special piece on underfloor heating from Uponor UK on all the FAQs they feel are the most critical, as well as an article on women in the sector. Can ‘a woman’s touch’ really be all that effective on the sales floor? Find out by reading Phil Pond’s piece on page 16.


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To top all that off, we have some special shots of the newest pieces to hit displays, with our product articles for this season focussing on Crown Floors and their awards scheme for loyalty customers, Balta Broadloom and their Big Hit collection, and finally Louis de Poortere with their flagship Richelieu Velours collection.


I hope you enjoy our first issue!


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