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2021 WFB Wood Flooring Retailer Survey

WFB Editors
Oct 27, 2021
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For this issue, we take a deep dive into wood flooring retailers' businesses, from how old they are to the square footage of their store and if they sell online. To find out more data about wood flooring retailers today, keep reading. (To see the State of the Industry data with more stats about retailers, go to wfbmag.co/soi21).

The Typical Wood Floor Retailer

We asked you for your stats, and we crunched the numbers to build a profile of the most typical wood flooring retailer working today in the U.S. Here is what the retailer looks like:

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