Centex 2Q Earnings Up, Raises Outlook
Dallas, TX, October 26, 2005--Centex Corp. topped quarterly earnings forecasts late Tuesday, raising its 2006 earnings estimates on the strength of its latest results and backlog of homes awaiting construction.
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Tarkett Residential Intros Merchandise System for
Whitehall, PA, October 26, 2005--Tarkett Residential is revolutionizing the way resilient floors are presented to consumers with the introduction of its i-grat Selling System for FiberFloor, a new retail-merchandising concept.
Speedheat Seeking Distributors for RugBuddy Portab
Atlanta, GA. October 26, 2005—RugBuddy is a one-of-a-kind portable heating mat that turns regular area rugs into invisible space heaters. Like an electric blanket for your floor, RugBuddy is the ideal solution for warming cold spots in any room of a home
Wear-Dated Celebrates Iron Girl Finishers
St. Louis, MO, October 26, 2005--Wear-Dated carpet fiber recently custom-designed the finish line carpet for the newly launched 2005 Iron Girl series.
CPSC, Hellenic Rug Announce Recall of Shag Leather
Washington, DC, October 26, 2005--The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Hellenic Rug Imports Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y., today announced a voluntary recall of Hellenic's Shag Leather Rugs.
Forbo 3Q Sales Up
Eglisau / Zurich, Switzerland, October 25, 2005—Forbo, in the first nine months of the current business year, recorded sales of CHF 1,266.6 million (US$ 986.7 million).
Intellectual Property Lawsuit Worrying Chinese Lam
Beijing, China, October 25, 2005--Ni Zhengluo, a manager with Furen Laminate Flooring in East China's Fujian Province, is anxious about next year's sales to the United States because of an intellectual property rights infringement lawsuit filed ba
U.K.’s Carpetright Sees Falling Sales
Rainham, England, October 25, 2005— Britain's biggest carpet seller, Carpetright posted a 6.7% drop in first-half underlying sales on Tuesday as shoppers kept their wallets closed and higher spending on promotions trimmed margins.
Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Falls
New York, NY, October 25, 2005 -- Already battered consumers have lost even more confidence in the economy during October as they contended with hurricanes, surging gasoline prices and worries about the job market.
Chain Store Sales Off Last Week
New York, NY, October 25, 2005--Chain store retail sales fell in the latest week, as sales were mixed and consumer demand for fall apparel slowed.