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New York, NY, October 24, 2016—As the holiday season nears, retailers and mall operators are employing more flexible shopping strategies to compete with e-commerce giants, reports NREI Online, and industry analysts predict a better performance this Black
Dalton, GA, October 24, 2016—Propex Global honored five of its customers using its Artis woven primary backing for modular tile carpet by framing its products as “modular masterpieces” and putting them on display at the FloorTek Expo held last week in Dal
Ashburton, NZ, October 24, 2016—Carrfields Primary Wool of New Zealand (CPW) is gearing up for increased expansion into the U.S. and Canada with the announcement that Krista Eliason is its new managing director, Carrfields Primary Wool, North America.
Wyandotte, MI, October 21, 2016—BASF will begin increasing prices for Caprolactam and polyamide (PA) polymer by $0.05 per pound in North America, effective November 1, 2016 or as contracts allow.
Fitzgerald, GA, October 21, 2016—Shaw Industries will shutter its yarn manufacturing facility in Fitzgerald, Georgia and shift production to other plants in the southeast, according to WTVM9 news.
High Point, NC, October 21, 2016—The Fall High Point Market opens tomorrow in High Point, North Carolina and runs through Wednesday, October 26.
Washington, DC, October 21, 2016—The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.2% in September to 124.4, following a 0.2% decline in August, and a 0.5% increase in July.
Willemstad, Curaçao, October 20, 2016—Innovations4Flooring (I4F), a technology company providing flooring installation solutions, has announced a historic court case win against Unilin Beheer B.V. to nullify the Dutch part of Unilin’s base pretension pate
Washington, DC, October 20, 2016—Total existing-home sales hiked 3.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.47 million in September from a downwardly revised 5.30 million in August, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Washington, DC, October 20, 2016—The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) posted a reading of 57 in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of four points from the previous quarter and also a return to levels seen con