December 4, 2017 • NO. 23 $4 VOL. 66 | 2017 FLOOR COVERING WEEKLY Starts on page 6 THE INDUSTRY’S BUSINESS NEWS & INFORMATION RESOURCE Forward Thinking RANDY MERRITT: EXCITED FOR SHAW’S FUTURE & HIS OWN By Amy Rush-Imber [Dalton] After nearly 42 years at Shaw, president Randy Merritt will retire — just a month after this interview — having been a part of some of the com-pany’s, and the industry’s, most chal-lenging times and dramatic changes. “It’s been awesome, incredible,” Mer-ritt shared with FCW . “I’ve been in the right place at the right time more times than I can count. But I’m really excited about the future — for Shaw, for our team here and it’s an unbelievable team.” Top of Merritt’s mind was his ex-citement about spending meaningful time with his family matched only by his enthusiasm for the next generation of Shaw leadership and the company’s bright future. “It’s fairly simple. When you look at our focus, it’s to create a better future. Ev-erything we try to build is about creating a better future — a better future for our customer; a better future for our stake-holders and for Shaw; a better future for our associates and their families and the communities we live in. If you live by those tenets, then we are going in the right direction. That won’t change at all.” Continued on page 4