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Manchester, NH, August 4--Flooring America and Flooring Canada have lined up informative educational events and trend-setting product introductions for New Vistas, the 2005 Summer Convention on Thursday, August 25 to Friday, August 26
Las Vegas, NV, August 5--The highly anticipated inaugural Las Vegas Market at World Market Center debuted July 25-29, 2005 by delivering extraordinary buyer traffic and a first class market experience beyond expectations.
Milwaukee, WI, August 5--The International Design Guild has launched several major initiatives to strengthen its members’ relationships with customers, designers, contractors, and suppliers.
Washington, DC, August 5--Consumers finally shook off their summertime blues by loosening their purse strings in July, according to the NRF Retail Executive Opinion Survey.
Red Bank, NJ, August 5--Luxury home builder Hovnanian Enterprises said the dollar value of contracts in the third quarter ended July 31 rose 34.8 percent to $1.7 billion from $1.3 billion a year ago.
Wellington, New Zealand, August 4--Carpet maker Cavalier Corporation said its full year earnings will meet forecasts, but warned of a major writedown of its Microbial Technologies business, according to ShareChat News.
Atlanta, GA, August 3--Haverty Furniture reported July sales that were off 5.5% to $66.6 million, compared with $70.4 million in July 2004. On a comparable-store basis, July sales decreased 8.8%.
New York, NY, August 4--The nation's retailers reported mixed results in July as hot weather boosted sales of summer merchandise.
Raleigh, NC, August 4--Pergo introduced two new laminate products designed exclusively for the specialty retail market.
Wuppertal, Germany, August 4--Vorwerk presented live demonstrations of a service robot moving along a carpet containing integrated RFID technology to provide intelligent navigation at this year's Techtextil.