Retail Sector

The retail sector requires durable flooring that cannot only perform throughout a variety of challenging and strenuous scenarios, but is aesthetically appealing also. The retail sector consists of shop entrances, focus areas and displays, cold stores, walkways and shopping malls, which all demand different unique properties from flooring. Challenges faced are high wear resistance to withstand large amounts of foot traffic and loading, easy to clean, quick turnaround time, low maintenance and variety for required aesthetics and flexible layout options. Avant Flooring was developed in Germany to ensure these known challenges were addressed and a sustainable product was developed. From Avant Flooring’s columnar honeycomb structure to its unique 4-layer laminate system it is the ideal solution for the stringent demands of the retail sector.

Sector Challenges

Large range for customised design:
With every shop owner holding a unique and preferred image for their stores, it is fundamental to find flooring that is customisable for any vision. Avant Flooring uses a colour layer, allowing for a diverse range of finishes in both colour and grain to ensure the satisfaction of the demands from various clients. Avant Flooring has an installation time of 8 minutes per square meter allowing retailers an extremely fast installation time with low, if any, lost revenue from closure.

Easy to Clean:
With the large foot traffic from multiple environments, cleaning is a necessity that cannot be overlooked in flooring. During cleaning, most retail areas must be closed, leading to reduced revenue and higher costs. Avant Flooring has an SGS certified stain resistance, ensuring any spills such as soft drinks or coffee do not have a lasting effect on the aesthetics of the flooring. Avant Flooring also has a certified water resistance of 100%. Avant Flooring does not swell or allow water to permeate through the surface or the tight fitting tongue-and-groove joints leading to efficient and low maintenance cleaning with one of the fastest turnaround times in the market. The 4-layer lamination layer leads to a fast drying time, allowing for an extremely fast turnaround time and reduces any slip risks for patrons. Finally, Avant Flooring has a versatile chemical resistance, again certified by SGS, ensuring even the harshest cleaning products can be utilised without the worry of damaging or bleaching the flooring.

Withstands High Foot Traffic:
Any retail sector requires flooring to withstand the vast amount of foot traffic from shoppers. High foot traffic can scratch, dent or even separate flooring. Avant Flooring has a multitude of advanced design features to counter these challenges. First, the lamination layer allows for exceptional impact resistance and significant abrasion resistance, ensuring the aesthetic soundness and longevity of the flooring. Second, Avant Flooring uses a unique columnar honeycomb structure leading to a high load bearing capacity and excellent surface soundness when patrons or goods are transferred across the surface. Finally, the highly advanced tongue-and-groove lock system ensures the flooring cannot separate anywhere under large horizontal forces. All of these factors further enhance the use of Avant Flooring within the retail sector as it leads to reduced maintenance and ongoing costs. Avant Flooring is so certain of the longevity of its product that a 20 year interior warranty is offered.

Flexible Layout Options:
Retail sectors come in different shapes and sizes. For flooring to be successful, it must be applicable to varying interior layouts and designs. Avant Flooring uses a tongue-and-groove lock system which was designed to ensure high customization whichever design may be required while still allowing panels to lie flush, preventing them from slipping apart. With such a sturdy structure and 15 different stains and grains, Avant Flooring is also perfectly suited for transition designs between itself and another material, such as connecting to a marble bathroom or transitioning to other rooms fitted with a different aesthetic look.

Wide Range of Temperature Resistance:
With outside areas and storerooms of the retail sector having a multitude of temperatures and varying climates, flooring must be efficient and stable, no matter where or when it is used. Avant Flooring ensured that its design was able to withstand any required application in terms of temperature and weather by having a resistance range between -20 to +80 degrees Celsius.