Pending Home Sales Surged in February
Washington, DC, April 5, 2010--Pending home sales rose 8.2% in February, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Shaw Plans To Reopen Dalton Area Plant
Dalton, GA, April 5, 2010--Shaw plans to reopen a Gordon County plant just south of Dalton as part of “Project Renew,” according to the Dalton Daily Citizen.
Armstrong Raising Vinyl Prices June 1
Lancaster, PA, April 1, 2010--Armstrong said it will raise prices 6% in the U.S. and Canada on vinyl composition tile, luxury vinyl tile, commercial sheet vinyl, linoleum, and residential sheet and tile as of June 1.
NWFA Director Korczak Leaving at End of 2011
St. Louis, MO, April 5, 2010--National Wood Flooring Association Executive Director Ed Korczak is planning to leave the organization at the end of 2011.
Omnova Solutions Raising Prices April 15
Fairlawn, OH, April 5, 2010--Omnova Solutions Inc. said it will increase prices on all acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers by 4 cents per wet pound.
Builders Add Workers as U.S. Payrolls Rise
Washington, DC, April 5, 2010--Payrolls rose by 162,000 last month while the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, according to the Labor Department.
Greyne Custom Wood Moving Manufacturing to SC
Columbia, SC, April 5, 2010--Greyne Custom Wood Co. Inc. plans to move its manufacturing operations from Charlotte, N.C., to Lancaster County.
Sales of Vacation Homes Rose Last Year
Washington, DC, April 5, 2010--Sales of vacation homes rose 7.9% in 2009, compared with 2008, the National Association of Realtors said.
Loloi Rugs Expands at Las Vegas World Market
Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2010--World Market Center Las Vegas said that Loloi Rugs has renewed its lease agreement for a showroom at World Market Center.
Wood Flooring Firm Aacer Files for Receivership
Peshtigo, WI, April 1, 2010--Aacer Flooring has filed for receivership, according to media reports but continues to operate as a potential new owner may have been identified.