Why Buy Local Flooring?

At Dolphin Carpet & Tile, we’re proud to be your local source for flooring in southeastern Florida. Over the years, we’ve worked tirelessly to forge relationships with those in our community. You’ve seen us at your kid’s baseball games, at the local breakfast spot, and out and about on Saturday mornings. We love being a part of our community. 

And our community has been great to us! You’ve opened your homes to our installation professionals, let us collaborate with you on major home-related projects, and trusted us to always have your best interests at heart. We love having these local relationships and are adamant that we can and will provide you with a better overall experience than a major flooring chain or retailer. When you work with Dolphin, you’re working with the best. Shopping with us offers a wide range of benefits for consumers in the area. 

This week’s blog post will detail a few of the many positive outcomes of shopping locally.

Sustainability

Buying flooring locally eliminates the transportation and shipping aspects of big business, which ultimately helps cut down on carbon emissions that stem from pollution. It will also cut down habitat loss, depletion of natural resources, overall traffic, and more. 

Injecting money into the local economy 

Sure, we often hear the phrase “shop local,” but why is it necessary? When you buy something close to your home, you are actively stimulating the economy in which you live. Local shopping helps generate local tax dollars while providing jobs to the local economy and promoting commerce. Tax dollars generated locally could go to local parks, schools, roads, and other local initiatives. Also, local businesses are more likely to give to and help bolster local non-profits  

Lower prices

With the aforementioned lack of transport required comes the ability to offer the same products as larger stores but at a much more affordable price. Local businesses can offer a flooring product at a much lower price when it doesn’t have to be shipped and transported from somewhere across the globe.  

Better selection

Major flooring companies will offer the flooring products that sell the most while eliminating the more niche products that aren’t as popular, resulting in a smaller selection. At a smaller, local store, you can expect a wide range of product offerings and a selection of the most popular products within the community in which you live. 

Better customer service

You can almost always expect a better customer service experience than those big box stores when you shop locally. Local employees will generally be more knowledgeable about the products they are selling and more invested in the business’s success. Also, local employees are better equipped to handle more localized questions, as they are members of your community.

Are you interested in learning more about the benefits of shopping locally for your flooring? Contact the team at Dolphin Carpet today!