LAS VEGAS and FAIRFIELD, Calif., Jan. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Live Ventures Incorporated (Nasdaq: LIVE) (“Live Ventures”), a diversified holding company, today announced that its subsidiary Flooring Liquidators, Inc. (“Flooring Liquidators”) has deployed artificial intelligence as its core operational intelligence system, transforming raw transactional data into predictive business insights that reshape the placement and delivery of stocks. efficiency and availability in store.
Rather than using AI as a back-office tool, Flooring Liquidators has integrated intelligence directly into daily operations. AI-driven demand forecasting now translates real-time sales, inventory movements and regional purchasing patterns into forward-looking decisions, allowing the company to position the right products closer to customers before peaks in demand.
“One of the most powerful changes we’ve made is letting AI convert raw data into operational intelligence,” said Dr. Thomas Price III, vice president of operations and logistics at Flooring Liquidators. “We can see what’s selling, where it’s accelerating, and how patterns are forming. This allows us to act early instead of reacting late.”
By forecasting demand locally, Flooring Liquidators consolidates shipments, optimizes truck loads and significantly reduces unnecessary transportation and handling. Some stores now operate as regional pickup nodes, ensuring that inventory is rarely more than a short transfer away from installers and customers.
Improved planning and sequencing has reduced damage rates by more than eighty percent while increasing overall throughput.
To refine every aspect of operations, the company deploys an AI-powered performance management system that goes far beyond traditional business intelligence.
Called “No Excuses AI,” the system automatically monitors weekly performance across more than 30 branches, identifying anomalies and interacting with local managers to identify specific, actionable solutions.
In the first phase of the system, an intelligent alert generator analyzes thousands of transactions each week across multiple dimensions, such as year-over-year sales comparisons by industry and product category. The system automatically generates priority alerts ranked by severity.
In the second phase, an AI-powered polling program helps clearly define problems and steer managers away from generic excuses. The system uses AI to analyze managers’ responses and focus on specific causes and promising solutions.
The third phase is forward-looking: the system will automatically detect patterns before sales drop, suggest proven solutions, track execution, and continually improve the solution.
For Jon Isaac, president and CEO of the parent company, this automated performance manager and other AI-driven successes at Flooring Liquidators reflect a broader transformation underway across the Live Ventures portfolio. “We apply AI where it creates an immediate advantage,” Isaac said. “Flooring Liquidators demonstrates how intelligent systems can elevate a traditional retail and distribution business without losing its human core. We are making similar progress across all of our businesses.”
About Flooring Liquidators
Founded in 1997, Fairfield, California-based Flooring Liquidators is a leading retailer and installer of flooring, carpeting and countertops for consumers, builders and contractors in California, Nevada and the Midwest.
About Live Ventures
Live Ventures Incorporated (Nasdaq: LIVE) is a diversified holding company focused on acquiring and operating mid-market domestic companies with strong cash flows and sustainable market positions. Its portfolio companies integrate AI, robotics, data-driven analytics and other advanced systems to transform conventional operations into more efficient and competitive businesses for the revolutionary AI era.
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