Although porcelain tiles once were quite expensive, a recent purchase of factory close-outs measuring 12-by-12 and 16-by-16 inches are selling here for 99 cents to $1.19 per square foot as opposed ...

The notebook’s owner, Iván Serrano, 29, walks the grounds of Mosaicos El Castillo – a tile factory founded 35 years ago by his father – with a pen behind his ear and the notebook under his arm. Its ...