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Washington, DC, May 8, 2020-March 2020 sales of merchant wholesalers were $475.0 billion, down 5.2% from the revised February level and were down 5.2% from the revised March 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, May 8, 2020-Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
Dalton, GA, May 8, 2020—Emily Morrow Home has announced the launch of the company’s new Design-Love ProGram.
Lancaster, PA, May 7, 2020-Armstrong Flooring reported Q1 2020 net sales of $138.7 million, a 2.1% decline year over year.
Washington, DC, May 7, 2020-On May 6, ADP reported that private sector employment decreased by 20,236,000 jobs from March to April.
Sassuolo, IT, May 7, 2020-Cersaie 2020 is being moved to new dates and will adopt a safer, more engaging and more international exhibition format.
Washington, DC, May 7, 2020—Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased 2.5% in the first quarter of 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output decreased 6.2% and hours worked decreased 3.8%.
Washington, DC, May 7, 2020-Tensions between the U.S. and China are rising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports the Wall Street Journal in an article called “Coronavirus Casts Deep Chill Over U.S.-China Relations.”
Washington, DC, May 7, 2020—Mortgage applications increased 0.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 1, 2020.
Stevensville, MD, May 7, 2020-Commercial Carpet Logistics (CCL), a Maryland trucking company that services the flooring industry, is volunteering its trucks and drivers to deliver truckloads of food to city food banks while they have the capacity available as they wait for the floorcovering industry to recover from the COVID-19 global pandemic.