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Washington, DC October 8, 2021-INSTALL recently endowed M. Frank Higgins & Co. Inc. as an INSTALL Warranty Contractor (IWC), the floorcovering association’s highest level of certification.
Chicago, IL, October 8, 2021-Tarkett will move its Chicago showroom from TheMart to a newly developed building called Fulton East, reports The Real Deal.
Washington, DC, October 8, 2021-Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 194,000 in September, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.8%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Toronto, ON, October 8, 2021-Torlys has continued investment in its sales force with the recent addition of Jon Nimmo, who joins the team as regional sales director, British Columbia and Alberta.
Mukilteo, WA, October 8, 2021-David M. Gluth, co-founder of Gluth Commercial Flooring, was sentenced October 1 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for his embezzlement scheme that stole more than $1 million from a commercial flooring business he co-founded with a friend, who put up $500,000 to start the company, according to Mukilteo Beacon.
Washington, DC October 8, 2021-- August 2021 sales of merchant wholesalers were $595.5 billion, down 1.1% from the revised July level, but were up 20.6% from the revised August 2020 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Norwalk, CT, October 8, 2021- The nonprofit Halstead/Metroflor Addiction Crisis Charity (HMAC) organization has been renamed HMTX Cares, with the purpose of also funding mental health organizations, in addition to its current support of addiction rehabilitation, aftercare and education facilities.
Dallas, TX, October 7, 2021-Impact Floors, a portfolio company of Blue Sage Capital, has acquired Got You Floored (GYF), a Greensboro, North Carolina-based provider of flooring products and installation services to multifamily properties and developers.
Brooklyn, NY, October 7, 2021-Ceramic imports rose 33.9% YOY in August, according to Grosser Consulting.
Washington, DC, October 7, 2021-In the week ending October 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 326,000, a decrease of 38,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.