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Washington, DC, April 15, 2024—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March 2024 were $709.6 billion, up 0.7% from the previous month, and up 4.0% above March 2023, according to the Department of Labor.
Washington, DC, April 15, 2024—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 51 in April, unchanged from March, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
New York, NY, April 15, 2024—"It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
St. Louis, MO, April 15, 2024—Bluegrass Wood Products is the latest company to earn NWFA/NOFMA Mill Certification from the National Wood Flooring Association.
San Francisco, CA, April 15, 2024—“New office starts have also downshifted considerably in the wake of hybrid work, but total spending on office projects fell only slightly in February and was up 5.7% annually," according to Wells Fargo.
Washington, DC, April 15, 2024—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for February was estimated at $1,866.5 billion, up 1.6% from January 2024 and was up 1.0% from February 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Louisville, KY, April 15, 2024—Louisville Tile Distributors, one of America’s longest-tenured distributors of ceramic tile and related products, has announced the promotion of Guy Ventimiglia to regional sales director South.
Seoul, Korea, April 15, 2024—Nox announced that it won the iF Design Awards, the design award based in Germany.
Ann Arbor, MI, April 12, 2024—Consumer sentiment declined 1.9% in early April to 77.9 but rose 22.3% YOY, according to preliminary estimates from the University of Survey of Consumers.
Washington, DC, April 12, 2024—Prices for U.S. imports advanced 0.4% in March following a 0.3% rise the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.