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Over $ 600 million worth of these types of ceramic tile were imported into the United States from China in 2018. On April 10, 2019, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic Tile filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (“DOC”) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) seeking the imposition of antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) customs duties on imports of ceramic tile from the People’s Republic of China. The antiduping filing charges that Chinese tile is being priced below market causing harm to US manufacturers and that these low prices are being subsidized by the Chinese government. Unfair trading practices not only hurt US manfuacturers, but also American importers who bring in tile from Europe and other countries.

Coverings is the premier event for the tile & stone in the North America with more than 1100 exhibitors from around the world.  2019 represents the 30th anniversary of the event which also included a variety of educational experiences, networking and insights for architects, interior designers, builders and remodelors as well as fabricators and distributors.

SAPDistribution and I-Business Network were at the must attend SAP Small & Medium Businesses (SMB) Innovation Summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 3 - 5, 2017). We enjoyed getting the most out of SAP Business One with the networking events, roundtable discussions, hands-on sessions, and keynote addresses by top executives. 

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Is something holding you back from opening an online tile store for your tile and stone products? We understand – there are so many beautiful web stores that the idea is both inspiring and intimidating.

SAP has earned respect and software brand recognition for large businesses and, with the creation of SAP Business One and SAPDistribution.com’s Start & Grow™, there’s now an affordable solution for smaller tile and stone businesses. SAP Business One’s simplified technology and user interface provide the functionality of big business scaled for the small to mid-sized tile businesses at an affordable price.