Guides for Modern Flooring Retailers

How AI Can Help Flooring Stores Spend More Time With Customers

See how AI can help flooring stores improve customer communication, quotes, orders, payments, inventory, and other back-office work.

What Flooring Showroom Software Should Actually Do: Lessons from David E. Adler Fine Rugs

Why David E. Adler Fine Rugs, a 50-year Scottsdale rug showroom, chose Service Buddy as their flooring showroom software — and what changed for their team.

How to Grow a Flooring Showroom in 2026: 10 Proven Strategies

How to grow a flooring showroom in 2026 with 10 proven, low-cost strategies — convert more traffic, win the designer trade, offer financing, and use your data.

Meet Service Buddy at Cover Connect New York 2026 (Booth A19)

Service Buddy is exhibiting at Cover Connect New York, Sept 26–28 at the Metropolitan Pavilion. See the modern CRM & POS that rug and flooring showrooms are switching to — Booth A19

5 Flooring Store Metrics Every Owner Should Know (2026)

Gross margin per job, quote-to-close rate, overdue samples — 5 flooring store metrics every owner should know, and how AI pulls them up in seconds.

AI Push to Talk Is Live on Service Buddy

Service Buddy just shipped AI Push to Talk, text notifications, and smarter product search. Talk out your job notes and let AI write them up. See what's new.

After 20 Years on the Same CRM, Anabel's Oriental Rugs Made the Switch

After more than 20 years on the same CRM, Anabel's Oriental Rugs switched to Service Buddy. Here's what changed — seamless payments, daily time savings, and software built for flooring retailers.

Flooring Payment Processing: Merchant Services vs. Built-In Payments

A card terminal takes the money and stops there. See why flooring showrooms are moving to payments built into their software — and getting paid faster for it.

How Flooring Retailers Are Using AI in 2026 (7 Practical Ways)

How flooring, carpet, and rug stores actually use AI in 2026 — faster quotes, auto customer updates, smarter inventory, and quicker payments.