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Washington, DC, June 18, 2024—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for April was estimated at $1,862.4 billion, up 0.3% from March 2024 and was up 2.2% from April 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Dalton, GA, June 18, 2024—Women in the Floorcovering Industry (WIFI), a non-profit organization whose mission is to attract, empower, and educate current and future women in the flooring industry, is taking applications for the second round of the WIFI Scholarship Program.
Woodbury, NY, June 17, 2024—Stanton Carpet Corporation has appointed Trey Thames to the new role of senior vice president of soft surface.
Lancaster, PA, June 17, 2024—Noah Chitty, formerly head of technical services for Crossville, is now AHF’s vice president of sustainability and technical services.
Lexington, KY, June 17, 2024-Panariagroup USA has named Paolo Fraticelli executive vice president of sales.
Bolingbrook, IL, June 17, 2024—Benjamin Bachman CEO of Gerflor USA is winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Midwest Award.
Ann Arbor, MI, June 14, 2024-Consumer sentiment declined 5.1% to 65.6 in June, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers.
Washington, DC, June 14, 20224—Construction input prices decreased 0.9% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data.
Richmond, VA, June 14, 2024-In its ongoing effort to gain control of LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators, F9 Investments, led by Lumber Liquidators founder Tom Sullivan, has issued “The Urgent Case for Change: Put the Groove Back in LL.”
Washington, DC, June 14, 2024— Prices for U.S. imports decreased 0.4% in May following a 0.9% advance the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.