Product

Newsletter

January 6, 2025

TILE & RELATED PRODUCTS - IMPORTANT UPDATES

Connect24 Highlight Sheet

See the link below for the current Connect24 Highlights sheet.

Connect24 Highlight Sheet

Pricing Updates

New Additions for this week.

  • We have updated pricing for AOT, MRZ, ATL, CAE and Russo coming up in the next few weeks.


THIS INFORMATION IS FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Approved Price Adjustment Summary

Additional Product Information


  • Nothing new this week


Soft Discontinued or Dropped Announcement

Below you will find a list of Discontinued items announced by the Manufacturer. To assist purchasing with the reordering process, I am listing the items below to make you aware of these drops. Product Information Management team will update the Kerridge System immediately.


Discontinued by Manufacturer

  • Nothing new this week

Discontinued by Virginia Tile

  • Nothing new this week

Discontinued Glossary:

  • Discontinued by MFG – the manufacturer/supplier has Discontinued item
  • Discontinued by VTC – Virginia Tile is discontinuing the product and will not promote any longer
  • Moved to Factory Stock – Virginia Tile will still promote but we will not house inventory any longer. Orders will come from the supplier.



MEETING / LAUNCH ZONE


4th Qtr. Launch
GemCore LVT SPC Launch 
Qtr. 3 2024 Launch

DISPLAYS AND MERCHANDISING

Display and Marketing Sales Tools

Display Spotlight - VTC 15x30 Loose Tile Display (VAO)

Display Features: Cosmo, Pike Place, and Prague

All open orders have been filled. Please review the Open Display Order report in Power BI-Residential Sales Report for this display and work with the Ops Team to get your orders shipped.


We have stock sitting in KCS.


Available in all regions.

VTC 15x30 Display Sell Sheet

MARKETING

Companywide Calendar

Event Calendar

SAMPLE NEWS

News from Brian:

The following has been sent out to the Showrooms.

  • The following branches were shipped some samples. IND, KCS, STM, OMA & PLM.
Sample & Recent Order Report  |  PowerBI
Sample Forms
Training Videos

WOODWORKING

New Releases & Reminders

New

  • 1st Qtr. Shoptalk
  • Rep's be on the look out for your copies of Shoptalk. They have been mailed out.

Reminders

Wilsonart Product Lead Times
1st Qtr. Shoptalk

UPDATES FROM OPERATIONS

Problem Suppliers

These suppliers have advised us of extreme delays, so we are expecting supply outages beyond the normal issues 

Division

Supplier/

Name

Product

Expected Lead Time

Expected Improvements

Notes

Tile

Vagli Calacatta

Quarry

Experiencing Delays

W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Tile

WOW Spain & USA

All Products

Experiencing Delays

W/A

Port in Spain in delayed due to flooding

Schluter KERDI-DRAIN and KERDI-DRAIN-STYLE drain grates in Classic Gold, Vintage Gold, Rose Gold and Nickel finishes are expected to be available Mid-December and early January depending on the product.

Domestic Supplier Lead Time Delays:

Landmark Warehouse (AUS/LMK/CSU)

  • LTL shipments - are taking 3 days to prepare for shipping
  • Truckloads - are taking 3 days to prepare for shipping

Important Container Lead Times:

Italy - 8 to 10 weeks

Spain - 10 to 12 weeks 

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

  • Nothing new this week


Brain Teaser & Fun Facts

  • On this day in 1838,  Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s.



  • On this day in 1975, Wheel of Fortune, one of the the longest-running syndicated game shows in American television, premieres on NBC.


  • On this day in 1994, Nancy Kerrigan is attacked at a Detroit ice rink following a practice session two days before the Olympic trials.


What's a spider's New Year's resolution?

To spend less time on the web.


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