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Flooring America and Flooring Canada Awards Honor High Achievements
Manchester, NH (February 21, 2009)—Flooring America and Flooring Canada recently honored a number of their members and a few select vendors for various achievements. The awards were announced at their 2009 Winter Convention, entitled “Vision 360,” held in Dallas, Texas.
The following members were given the Catch the Spirit award, recognizing new or existing members who internalize what Flooring America and Flooring Canada are all about and move aggressively to bring it to life in their local markets: Gerry Holden of London’s Flooring Canada and Ralph Fiore of Boston Carpet Flooring America.
Excellence in Brand Standards, honoring members who exceed brand standards – especially in the areas of maintaining a gorgeous showroom, measuring customer service, and providing an exceptional shopping experience – was awarded to Baldwin’s Flooring America, Halpin’s Flooring America, and Kino Interiors Flooring America. Excellence in Education, honoring members who have fully implemented training resources and leveraged them to achieve a peak level of performance in their businesses, was awarded to Stroup Flooring America, Schneider’s Flooring America, and FloorRight Interiors. In addition, Excellence in Member Service was awarded to Neil Daley of Flooring America and Flooring Canada Corporate for consistently providing excellent service to the cooperative membership.
The Leadership Award was given to Bob Pinnell, Sr., of Pinnell’s Flooring America and Perry Hildebrand of Flooring Canada Kelowna for being inspiring examples of leadership, sharing their knowledge with other members and management, and consistently going above and beyond. And the Make It Happen Award was given to Murray Mansch of Flooring America by Carpet Smart and Larry and Shar DeGiano of Michael’s Flooring Canada for going the extra mile to help fellow members.
The following stores received the Marketing Excellence Award for displaying ingenuity and representing the brand in a memorable way: Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Flooring America of Colorado Springs, and Eisenhard’s Decorating Center. In addition, the Advertising/Marketing Award was given to Flooring Canada Dannburg in recognition of innovation and imagination in the areas of advertising and marketing.
A number of individual awards were also handed out: the Mike Englert Award for exhibiting an outstanding commitment to the cooperative and to fellow members without comprising integrity was given to Alan Shupe of Riteway Flooring America; the Mystery Shop Award for Kelby Frederick was received by Flooring America of Denton; and the National Outstanding Customer Service Award for receiving the highest certification score as a Star Service Premier member was bestowed upon Ken Eheart of Eheart Interior Solutions Flooring America.
The Shining Star Award, recognizing members who have posted exceptionally high sales volumes and demonstrated outstanding merit and effectiveness in implementing sales strategies, was given to the following stores: A&M Flooring America, A.R. Flooring America, Acadian Flooring America, Alford’s Floors & Interiors, Bob Wagner’s Flooring America, Brian Barnard’s Flooring America, C.R. Floors & Interiors, Carpet Shop, Cascade Flooring America, Coulters Flooring America, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, Dobson Floors Flooring America, Feasterville Flooring America, Flooring America Mill Store, Flooring America of Tampa, Halpin’s Flooring America, Hiller’s Flooring America, Imperial Floors, Imperial Flooring Ltd., Kepples Carpet Flooring America, London’s Flooring Canada, Lonnie’s Carpetmax, My Flooring America, Paramount Flooring Group, Inc., Rays Flooring America, Sergenian’s Floor Coverings, and TCC – Flooring America.
Armstrong, Shaw, and Shaw Living were also honored, receiving Vendor of the Year for 2008.
About Flooring America and Flooring Canada
Flooring America (FA) and Flooring Canada (FC) are divisions of CCA Global Partners, the world’s largest flooring group. With a sales volume of $1.7 billion, FA and FC comprise 600 member-owned floor-covering stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. Flooring America and Flooring Canada provide members with exclusive brands and unique warranty programs, comprehensive multimedia-advertising programs, complete showroom-merchandising packages, plus sales and management training. Learn more at http://www.FlooringAmerica.com. For information about becoming a member, call Bill Hosner at (866) 315-8705.
