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Houston, TX, October 26th —Donating nearly $350,000 in carpet and flooring, My Flooring America has distributed six commercial size truckloads of carpet and hard surface flooring to Builders Without Borders of Texas for the community since the Hurricane Harvey hit the area.
Jeffersonville, IN and Miami, FL, October 26, 2017—Gilford Johnson Flooring announced today that it has purchased Mastercraft Flooring Distributors, one of South Florida’s leading floorcovering distributors and a long-time fixture in the industry.
Atlanta, GA, October 26, 2017—Interface reported net sales were $257.4 million, up 3.7% over Q3 2016’s sales of $248.3 million, on a GAAP basis, with all regions showing improvement during the third quarter.
Washington, DC, October 26, 2017—The Pending Home Sales Index was at 106.0 in September (unchanged from a downwardly revised August figure), according to the National Association of Realtors.
Solon, OH, October 26, 2017—Tarkett North America is supporting and participating in the Association for Learning Environments’ (A4LE) LearningScapes 2017, to be held October 26 to 29 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Bethany, CO, October 26, 2017—Laticrete has been honored by Hartford Business Journal at its 2017 Family Business Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in family-owned businesses across the Northeastern region.
Washington, DC, October 25, 2017—Sales of new single-family houses in September 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 667,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Atlanta, GA, October 25, 2017—Home Depot is eliminating substances like formaldehyde and lead in several categories, reports Bloomberg News.
Toano, VA, October 25, 2017—Lumber Liquidators and several proposed classes of plaintiffs in the Formaldehyde MDL (MDL 2627) have announced the entry into a Memorandum of Understanding to settle all litigation related to the Chinese-manufactured laminate flooring previously sold by Lumber Liquidators pending in the two Multi-District Litigations in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Washington, DC, October 25, 2017—New orders for manufactured durable goods in September increased $5.1 billion or 2.2% to $238.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.