For over 75 years the harris family have kept their customer service values at heart and in 2015 third generation martin harris had a vision.
Martin harris tapi carpets.
There isn t another family in britain that knows about carpets and flooring like the harris.
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The son of carpet king baron harris of peckham is planning to compete with the business his father founded carpetright with his own chain of 200 flooring stores.
Martin harris has gone from carpetright veteran to the founder and ceo of its main rival tapi carpets in just four years the retail gazette spoke to him to find out more about his story.
It is tapi carpets 114th store since the company launched in 2015.
Harris is currently an advisor and shareholder of tapi carpets a flooring retailer set up recently by a number of the old carpetright management team.
Tapi was launched in 2015 by martin harris to blow a breath of fresh air into the world of carpet and flooring retailing.
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Harris left carpetright in 2014 sold all of his shares and he is no longer associated with.
Martin harris ceo willem tijink buying director.
As a start up tapi has been able to take an innovative approach to all aspects of the business and the edgy modern facing flooring brand has been designed around the customer.
But the latest branch has special significance for martin harris tapi s ceo and for his father lord harris of peckham.