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Lebanon, TN, April 17, 2017—Commissioner Bob Rolfe of the TN Department of Economic and Community Development, Mayor Bernie Ash of the City of Lebanon and Michael Kephart, president, of Wonder Porcelain, were among those on hand to ceremonially open the new American Wonder Porcelain plant on April 11 in Lebanon, Tennessee.
St. Louis, MO, April 17, 2017—The National Wood Flooring Association announced the winners of its 2017 Wood Floor of the Year contest during the Wood Flooring Expo held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Orlando, FL, April 17, 2017—To recognize the important contribution of distributors, each year Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) honors an exemplary North American tile distributor with the prestigious North American Distributor Award.
Lexington, KY, April 17, 2017—Florida Tile has been named Supplier of the Year by the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA). The award was announced on the opening day of the Coverings 2017 show held in Orlando, Florida.
Dalton, GA, April 17, 2017—Engineered Floors has announced a price increase on its Dream Weaver, Dwellings and Engineered Floors carpet brands due to raw material increases.
Washington, DC, April 17, 2017—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained solid in April, falling three points to a level of 68 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) after an unusually high March reading.
Ann Arbor, MI, April 17, 2017—Consumer sentiment rose 1.1% to 98.0 in April from March’s 96.9, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers.
Washington, DC, April 17, 2017—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March 2017 were $470.8 billion, a decrease of 0.2% from the previous month, and 5.2% above March 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, April 17, 2017—The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.3% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, April 17, 2017—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for February was estimated at $1,360.7 billion, up 0.2% from January 2017 and was up 7.1% from February 2016, according to the Commerce Department.