The changing market for ceramic tile in the USA Donato Grosser’s Coverings presentation looks at the sales patterns for independent distributors BUSINESS TIP As part of the conference pro- gram at Coverings 19, Donato Grosser, principal of D. Grosser and Associates, Ltd., in New York, offered an analysis of ceramic tile business in the U.S., based on interviews with distribu- tors in Florida, Southern states (Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Carolinas), Texas, the Southwest (Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico), California, the Northwest (Oregon, Washington), the Midwest (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota), New England, New York, New Jersey, and the Middle Atlantic (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia). The overall findings, targeted 34 TileLetter | July 2019