CHICAGO — Manufacturers and floor covering distributors alike will gather for the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors 2008 Annual Meeting and Distributor Marketplace Oct. 29-31 at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg, IL. NAFCD is a national, not-for-profit trade association serving distributors and suppliers of floor covering materials and related products.

Manufacturing and floor covering suppliers will be in attendance, with keynote presentations being given by industry experts: Randy Merritt, president, Shaw Industries; Megan Johnson, generational communications expert; Ken Schmidt, co-author, former director of communications, Harley Davidson; and Jason Bader, managing partner of The Distribution Team Inc.

For more information, contact the NAFCD by phone at (312) 321-6836, via e-mail at [email protected] or visit the NAFCD Web site at www.nafcd.org.