Product

Newsletter

February 24, 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.

  • AOT, CRV, MRZ & WOW will have a 3/10/25 price change.


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 - Fiesta Table Top (VFS)

Display Features: 5 Star tiles, 5 Cross tiles & 8 cards with Accent dots



We have 74ea in stock


Available in all Regions.

Virginia Tile Fiesta Sell Sheet

MARKETING

Companywide Calendar

Event Calendar

SAMPLE NEWS

News from Brian:

The following has been sent out to the Showrooms.

  • CRV - Rural Retreat and VTC Roxy (CRV Sociale) -these 2 packages were to be held because CRV hasn’t given us all the information we need. Claire is working on labels, but it may be a little bit. Please hold displays and use as reference.


**** Please check these pallets in-they should arrive to your branch within 10 days. If they don’t please let Chip know.



Sample & Recent Order Report  |  PowerBI
Sample Forms
Training Videos

WOODWORKING

New Releases & Reminders

New

  • N/A


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

Anatolia

MARMILINE SNOW POLISHED


2X36 ENGINEERED STONE THRESHLD


N/A

N/A

Anatolia has communicated no availability or timeline to produce due to MOQ's

Tile

Edimax

All product lines

12 week shut down on orders placed after Feb 7, 2025

N/A

Edimax is upgrading their equipments and has a scheduled 12 week shutdown starting March 10

Tile

Vagli Calacatta

(VTS) Checker-board 12x12 all finishes

Experiencing Delays

W/A

VT has temporary marked disco

Domestic Supplier Lead Time Delays:

  • Nothing new this week

Important Container Lead Times:

Italy - 8 to 10 weeks

Spain - 10 to 12 weeks 


Actual Lead Time (days)

Supplier

Actual Lead Time (days)

Crossville AHF Products, (CRV)

20

American Olean (AOT)

19

Anatolia (ASG)

23

Atlas Concorde (ATL)

88

Atlas Concorde (AUS)

27

Bostik (BOS)

13

Caesar (CSU)

33

Ceramiche Caesar (CAE)

90

Florim (FUS)

15

Gruppo Romani (SER)

81

Julius Blum (JUL)

11

Landmark (LMK)

38

Laticrete (LAT)

15

Lunada Bay (LUN)

22

Marazzi (MRZ)

19

Pride Industrial (PRD)

9

Royal Mosa (ROY)

57

Schluter (SLR)

10

Sonoma (SON)

31

TEC (TEC)

11

Vallelunga (VAL)

104

Wilsonart (WIL)

21

Wonder (WON)

15

WOW Spain (WSP)

94

WOW USA (WOW)

20

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

  • Nothing new this week.

Brain Teaser & Fun Facts

  • On this day in 1607, The world's first opera is premiered. Claudio Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” is still performed regularly today.


  • On this day in 2008, Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years in power

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  • On this day in 2022, Russia launches a full-scale pre-dawn and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by land, air, and sea.




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