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October 14, 2024

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.

  • Nothing new this week.


THIS INFORMATION IS FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Approved Price Adjustment Summary

Additional Product Information


  • Effective immediately, Crossville will no longer offer cut-to-size services for non-stocking (special order) porcelain tile panels in 3+, 5.6 and 5+ thicknesses. Additionally, there will be a 1 pallet/crate minimum for each stocking panel order.


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

  • WAL - Encaustic Echoes - 8x8 Pale Flourish

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.



Manufacturer Lead Times


Please see attachment for current Supplier lead times and whether freight is included in pricing or not.

Supplier Lead Times - Currently does not work. We are working on updating this link.

MEETING / LAUNCH ZONE

  • Decortile Virtual PK training - Nov 1st @ 2pm ET.


  • Decortile Commercial PK training will be scheduled closer to when we have marketing materials.


  • Galleher Cross Selling Product Launch - Oct 21, 2024.
Qtr. 3 2024 Launch

DISPLAYS AND MERCHANDISING

Display and Marketing Sales Tools  

Display Spotlight - 15 X 30 Loose Tile Display Program

We are expecting the 15 x30 loose tile displays to arrive mid/late October. Feel free to begin placing your request. . Don't forget dealers with this display receive special pricing. Available in all Regions.

VTC 15 x 30 Sell Sheet ( VAO)

SAMPLE NEWS

News from Brian:

The following has been sent out to the Showrooms.

  • VTC - Decortiles Concept boards - 7 concept boards to help show the line. There is a table display coming in show the rest of the collection. The table is similar to the WOW Smart Table. eta TBD.


If you don't receive these by Oct 25, please let Chip know.

Sample & Recent Order Report  |  PowerBI
Sample Forms
Training Videos

WOODWORKING

New Releases & Reminders

New

  • Nothing new this week.


Reminders

Wilsonart Product Lead Times
4th 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

SLR

Schluter

Kerdi-Drain Grates Color: Vintage Gold

Not Accepting Orders


W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Tile

SLR

Schluter

Kerdi-Drain Grates Color: Classic Gold

Not Accepting Orders



W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Tile

SLR

Schluter

Kerdi-Drain Grates Color: Rose Gold

Not Accepting Orders

W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Tile

SLR

Schluter

Kerdi-Drain Grates Color: Brushed Nickel

Not Accepting Orders

W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Tile

ATL USA

Multiple products

Extended Lead Time

W/A

Production Issues

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

  • North Pod Zoom training Oct 21, 4 - 4:45pm EST.
  • South Pod Zoom training Oct 22, 4 - 4:45pm CST.
  • West Pod Zoom training Oct 22, 4 - 4:45pm CST.


Brain Teaser & Fun Facts

  • On this day in 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887.


  • On this day in 1912, Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot at close range. The bullet, aimed directly at Roosevelt’s heart, failed to mortally wound the former president because its force was slowed by a glasses case and a bundle of manuscript in the breast pocket of Roosevelt’s heavy coat—a manuscript containing Roosevelt’s evening speech.


  • On this day in 1946, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. At 35 years of age, the Georgia-born minister was the youngest person ever to receive the award.


  • On this day in 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.


What do ghosts put in their hot cocoa?

Whipped Scream



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