Dallas, TX – August 25, 2014 – Quick-Step, the style, design, and innovation leader in laminate flooring is continuing to effectively drive customer traffic to its retail partner stores via digital marketing. Quick-Step’s overall brand strategy takes a winning product line and wraps it in a comprehensive merchandising program. In today’s marketplace, digital media is a critical part of any successful merchandising program.

“Digital media is here to stay and savvy brands like Quick-Step are capitalizing on this opportunity to reach consumers in a new way,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of brand marketing for Unilin (Quick-Step’s parent company). “Brand promotion and sales assistance via digital media is not only the most effective of today’s marketing tools, but in most cases, cost effective with high ROI.”

Quick-Step’s comprehensive digital marketing program reaches consumers through every viable aspect of internet, website, YouTube, social media, and mobile channels. The brand’s digital strategy is designed to increase overall brand awareness; educate consumers on Quick-Step’s superiority in style, design, and innovation; guide shoppers through the selection process; make it fun and easy to choose the right Quick-Step floor; and most importantly, drive customer traffic into retail partner stores.

“Part of the beauty of marketing in the digital age is that we are able to easily and accurately monitor the exact levels of engagement with each of our digital marketing endeavors,” said Thorn-Brooks. “These measurements have continually shown that what we are doing digitally is definitely working!”

“Our brand is committed to staying at the forefront of innovative, tech-based merchandising to help Quick-Step connect creatively with consumers and drive the right kind of traffic into our retailers’ stores,” added Thorn-Brooks.

Visit www.us.quickstep.com for more details on Quick-Step’s entire product assortment, www.quickstepstyle.com for exclusive Designer Tips from Quick-Step’s celebrity designer partner Erinn Valencich, http://www.facebook.com/#!/quickstepflooring to follow the latest news and information on Quick-Step’s Facebook page, http://www.pinterest.com/quickstepfloors to view Quick-Step on Pinterest, http://www.houzz.com/pro/usquickstepflooring/quickstep-flooring to interact with Quick-Step’s presence on Houzz, and https://www.youtube.com/user/quickstepfloors to watch Quick-Step videos on a myriad of topics.

About Quickstep
Quick-Step is a market leader in flooring, providing solutions for a wide variety of interiors. Beautiful, durable, and virtually maintenance-free, Quick-Step puts the style in lifestyle. Widely-known as the style, design, and innovation leader in laminate flooring, Quick-Step continuously earns the flooring industry’s most prestigious awards including: 2014 Award Of Excellence - Laminate Manufacturer Of The Year (4rd consecutive year); 2014 Dealers’ Choice Award - Best New Laminate Product Of The Year (3nd consecutive year); 2013 RECO Market Intelligence Report - #1 Quality #1 Product Availability #1 Consumer Preference; and 2013 Floor Focus Retailer Survey - #1 Quality, #1 Service, #1 Design (4th consecutive year). 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. For more information, visit: www.us.quickstep.com.

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