H.J. Martin and Son surged to No. 26 in the prestigious ‘Top 50’ ranking of U.S. specialty flooring retailers by Floor Covering Weekly, based upon 2012 retail and commercial sales.  A 13.7-percent increase in sales from 2011 allowed H.J. to move up three spots over last year’s rankings.

With retail stores in Green Bay and Neenah, Wis., H.J. Martin was the top ranked retailer nationally with two-or-fewer locations.  In addition, H.J. ranked highest among all Wisconsin-based flooring stores this year.

“Thanks to our many loyal customers, along with those who have found us more recently, we’ve seen continued, strong growth in our retail business, which is affirmed by these rankings,” says Edward Martin, H.J. Martin and Son CEO.  “As a company, we are built around service and position ourselves so we are prepared to respond to our customers on every level, whether it be to a potential order or an issue.”

Floor Covering Weekly is recognized as the industry’s leading resource for news and information, with more than three-quarters of flooring professionals preferring it over other publications and 85 percent of its readership at the manager level or above.