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Washington, DC, October 16, 2018—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose one point to 68 in October on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Flowood, MS, October 16, 2018-Bart Bettiga, executive director of the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), has been chosen to be the 2018 recipient of the NTCA Ring of Honor Award.
Washington, DC, October 16, 2018—Industrial production increased 0.3% in September, about the same rate of change as in the previous two months, according to the Federal Reserve.
Washington, DC, October 16, 2018—The number of job openings reached a series high of 7.1 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Dalton, GA, October 15, 2018—Carpet America Recovering Effort (CARE) is resubmitting plans to CalRecycle in hopes of being granted the opportunity to continue running California’s carpet recycling operations.
Dalton, GA, October 16, 2018-Michael Bennett has joined Magnetic Building Solutions (MBS) to head up global marketing and sales.
Washington, DC, October 15, 2018-Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2018 were $509.0 billion, an increase of 0.1% from the previous month and 4.7% above September 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, October 15, 2018—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for August was estimated at $1,461.9 billion, up 0.5% from July 2018 and was up 7.8% from August 2017.
Lancaster, PA, October 15, 2018-Armstrong Flooring’s Amy Costello, sustainability manager, will lead two discussions as both a speaker and moderator at GreenBuild 2018 in Chicago.
Florence, AL, October 15, 2018—In order to grow an even more customer- and project-specific focus, Kris Day, HPS Schönox national account manager, will assume a new role beginning November 1.