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Article: Hardwood Flooring Use Growing in Retail and Hospitality Industries.
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- April 1, 1999
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Hardwood floors can help create an atmosphere of warmth, comfort and affluence in homes. And just as many homeowners are returning to wood flooring to capture that atmosphere, so too are many retail stores and hospitality businesses.
Hardwood flooring manufacturers and architects have noticed an increase in recent years in the use of hardwood floors in these businesses, often in an attempt to re-create an environment that their customers are comfortable with at home.
"Every retail project we've done in the past six years has had some hardwood flooring," said Don Bowden, an architect in Mobile, Ala. "Often the client requests it because hardwood flooring ...