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Dallas, TX, August 16, 2018—In its over 250 company-owned sales service centers nationwide, Daltile is now selling Nue Tile DemoFlex underlayment to make removal of installed Daltile ceramic and porcelain tile fast, clean, and easy.
Glassboro, NJ, August 16, 2018—Install spearheaded a leadership conference in conjunction with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Interior/Exterior Systems division, from June 25 to 27.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2018-The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for June was estimated at $1,452.2 billion, up 0.3% from May 2018 and was up 8.2% from June 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2018—Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 2.9% during the second quarter of 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output increased 4.8% and hours worked increased 1.9%.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2018-Industrial production edged up 0.1% in July after rising at an average pace of 0.5% over the previous five months, according to the Federal Reserve.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2018-Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for July 2018 were $507.5 billion, an increase of 0.5% from the previous month, and 6.4% above July 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2018—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes edged down one point to a solid 67 reading in August on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Irvine, CA, August 15, 2018-Nationally, 4.2% of mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure) in May 2018, representing a 0.3 percentage point decline in the overall delinquency rate compared with May 2017, when it was 4.5%, according to CoreLogic’s Loan Performance Insights Report.
Conyers, GA, August 15, 2018-The German machine manufacturer G. Kraft Maschinenbau GmbH is proud to announce the foundation of the subsidiary Kraft Machines, Inc. in the United States. Kraft Machines started its North American operations in summer 2018 out of Conyers, Georgia.
Dallas, TX, August 15, 2018-The Daltile Statements Program has recently named Steve Chesin of Carpets N More as its Statements Dealer of the Year.