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Washington, DC, August 31, 2021-Mr. David’s Flooring International, a Chicago-based commercial flooring contractor, pleaded guilty after being charged for its role in a long-running conspiracy to rig bids and fix prices for commercial flooring products and services, and for its role in a money laundering conspiracy involving kickbacks, reports the United States Department of Justice.
New York, NY, August 31, 2021-Home prices made a 18.6% annual gain in June, up from 16.8% in the previous month, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions.
Lincoln, NE, August 30, 2021-31st Street Capital has acquired its third flooring company, Total Flooring, Inc. located in Homer Glen, Illinois.
Washington, DC, August 30, 2021-The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) declined 1.8% to 110.7 in July, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, signings fell 8.5%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
Santa Fe Springs, CA, August 30, 2021—Galleher announced its expanded partnership with Indusparquet, South America’s largest flooring manufacturer.
Columbus, OH, August 30, 2021-Starnet Floor Care is pleased to announce the addition of Apex Surface Care to the floorcare network.
Norwalk, CT, August 30, 2021—HMTX Industries was honored by Ragan’s 2021 CSR & Diversity Awards, receiving two accolades from the awards program.
Dalton, GA, August 30, 2021 – Polycom, a division of Taylor Adhesives, announced that its EcoBlend water-based, recycled PVB (polyvinyl butyral) dispersion “can replace up to 30% of the VAE precoat (vinyl acetate ethylene emulsion) used primarily by manufacturers in the production of carpet tile.”
New York, NY, August 30, 2021— Lower costs and remote work are drawing droves of people to the exurbs of Southeastern metropolitan areas, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Woodstock, GA, August 30, 2021—Parklex signed a commercial sales agency agreement with GD Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts.