Darius Helm

Home News Senior Living: A&D Panel: Four interior architects weigh in on flooring-related topics in the senior living space – March 2026 By Darius Helm With Baby Boomers now ranging in age from 62 to 80 and numbering about 65 million in the U.S., they already dominate the senior living environment. Their sheer volume is driving growth and their demands and desires are effecting change throughout the market segment.

Home News Surfaces 2026 Review: Manufacturers put their best food forward at the year’s residential flooring show – March 2026 By Darius Helm and Meg Scarbrough While most of the key brands exhibited at Surfaces in Las Vegas during the last week of January, attendance was noticeably down, reflecting both the impact of the winter storm to the East as well as the economic realities of three straight years of soft demand for residential flooring.

Home News Residential LVT Report 2026: The fastest-growing product category takes the next steps in its evolution – Feb 2026 By Darius Helm Every year since the advent of rigid core in 2013, the resilient category has posted growth, including through the first two years of this current slowdown, but it looks like 2025 category revenues are likely to be down by single digits, due to homeowners pausing on major home improvement investments and the housing market still hobbled by interest rates...