Dallas, TX – January 15, 2014 – As part of Quick-Step’s “Long Live Style” campaign, the brand will be flooring the official “Trends Hub” during the upcoming Surfaces 2014 flooring tradeshow.

The Trends Hub space is designed to serve as an inspirational presentation of the latest products from various exhibitors as well as a unique preview of the major color, texture, material, and styling trends for 2014.

International Trend Forecaster Victoria Redshaw is the lead designer for this year’s Trends Hub. Redshaw has selected Malaysian Merbau from Quick-Step’s recently launched Dominion Collection to floor this 800 square foot area of the Surfaces show floor.

Quick-Step’s Dominion Collection offers the visuals and texture of an expensive hand-scraped hardwood floor, at a price attractive to the majority of a retailer’s customers. Dominion is a Made in the USA 12mm collection offering Chestnut, Hickory, Walnut, and Merbau decors on 6” wide by 54” extra long planks with embossed-in-register surfaces and GenuEdge Technology.
Quick-Step flooring is widely known as the design and style leader in laminate flooring, offering consumers flooring that is both beautiful and durable.

Redshaw is the lead trend forecaster and managing director of Scarlet Opus Limited, an international Trend Forecasting agency. Redshaw works directly with manufacturers, retailers, interior designers, and media — specifically those involved in the interior sector — to provide information on the colors, patterns, materials, shapes, products, & styling that will be desired by consumers in the near future.

The Trends Hub will be located in booth S6741 on the Surfaces show floor at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, January 28th through 30th.

About Quick-Step
Quick-Step is a market leader in flooring, providing solutions for a wide variety of interiors. Quick-Step is a registered trademark of Unilin Flooring, a Mohawk Industries company. Mohawk Industries is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a Fortune 500 company. To find the nearest Quick-Step dealer or for additional information, visit quickstep.com.

About Victoria Redshaw
Victoria Redshaw is the managing director of Scarlet Opus, a company dedicated to providing trend forecasting, interior and design services, and business development services to the interiors sector. Together with her team, Redshaw conducts comprehensive research on a broad spectrum of global social issues, planned future events, and the work of contemporary designers and brings this information together for analysis and translation in order to reliably predict the future design trends for interiors. For more information, visit scarletopus.com.