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Focus On – GMK Logistics
Georgia Gilmore2023-09-12T09:27:34+10:00Flooring Magazine, GMK|
Flooring Magazine recently sat down with Derek Lightfoot, CEO of GMK Logistics to discuss all thing business including a discussion about the expansion of the GMK footprint. GMK has over 60 years of experience in the logistics industry. What is the GMK story? G.M. Kane & Sons Pty Ltd was [...]
Collective action for a strong and sustainable industry
Georgia Gilmore2023-09-12T09:20:42+10:00ARFA, Flooring Magazine|
Resilient floorcoverings have been in use for well over a century. Products in linoleum, rubber and cork have been used since the late 19th century or early 20th century while vinyl floorcoverings became commercially available after the Second World War, bringing from the start, affordability and new colour and design [...]
GMK Logistics – Celebrating 60 years
Georgia Gilmore2022-11-15T12:48:39+11:00Flooring Magazine, GMK|
This month, GMK Logistics proudly celebrates sixty years of service to the Australian flooring industry. Their story started on the 31st of October 1962 when John Kane registered G.M. Kane & Sons Pty Ltd, naming it after his parents George and Muriel. He started out with just one truck, providing [...]
Advancing a resilient industry
StephUC2022-11-08T13:24:51+11:00ARFA, Flooring Magazine|
The resilient floorcovering market in Australia has grown steadily over the last two decades, driven by innovative design, development, and uptake of new products, particularly Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) and more recently, Hybrid products. Australia today consumes an estimated 22 million sqm or 95,000 tonnes of these products each year. [...]
Improve your business – prepare for a downturn
StephUC2022-11-08T13:33:19+11:00Flooring Magazine, RFMS|
The economic outlook is darkening, so now is the time to remind ourselves what we must be doing so we do more than just survive any slowdown that might be coming our way. If fewer customers come into our stores in the coming months, we want to convert a higher [...]
Improve your business – Integrate your business operations
StephUC2022-11-08T13:35:00+11:00Flooring Magazine, RFMS|
More than ever, flooring retailers are investing in improving their business management systems. As providers of IT systems and tools to the industry, we see three things driving this increased interest. Firstly, flooring businesses are being sold to people from outside the industry. In their previous business experience, these people [...]