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Wellington, New Zealand, July 6--Feltex Carpets Ltd., New Zealand's biggest carpet maker, said it had spoken with Australian rival Godfrey Hirst about a possible tie-up between the two groups but did not indicate whether it would back such a move.
McAdenville, NC, July 6--Pharr Yarns, LLC will build a new state-of-the-art fiber extrusion plant adjacent to its Complex 46 facility in McAdenville, North Carolina.
New York, NY, July 6--Retail chain store sales increased 0.5% last week after falling 0.6% the prior week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
New York, July 6--Job cuts jumped 35 percent in June, with the number of layoff announcements pushing the monthly total to its highest level since January of last year, an employment firm said Wednesday.
Mooresville, NC, July 6--Lowe's had named William W. (Bill) Edwards to the post of senior vice president-store operations for the north central division.
Washington, DC, July 6—Factory orders rose 2.9 percent in May for the largest gain in 14 months, according to the Commerce Department.
Tempe, AZ, July 6--Business activity in the non-manufacturing sector increased in June 2005, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business.
Bolingbrook, IL, Tampa, FL, July 7--Prater-Sterling’s Systems Division and EarthFirst Technologies jointly announced that the Companies have partnered to develop specialized equipment that will allow carpet waste to be processed more efficiently.
Washington D.C., July 5, 2005--After a whirlwind of mergers, this past year proved that retail is all about change.
Duesseldorf, Germany, July 5--Pfleiderer AG said it has informed the German Cartel Office that it plans to buy Kunz AG, a maker of laminate flooring.