Armstrong's Alterna Nets 2015 Good Design Award
Lancaster, PA, February 16, 2016—Armstrong’s Alterna Engineered Stone has won a 2015 Good Design Award.
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Armstrong Unveils New LVT with Diamond Coating
Lancaster, PA, January 20, 2016—Armstrong has unveiled its new Vivero luxury flooring, featuring patent-pending Diamond 10 Technology.
Carpet One Floor & Home Wins a Best of Houzz Award
Manchester, NH, February 16, 2016—Carpet One Floor & Home has won Best Of Design on Houzz.
Chicago Floorcovering Association Announces 2016 Product Showcase
Chicago, IL, February 16, 2016—The Chicago Floorcovering Association is holding its 2016 Product Showcase on March 15.
Baby Boomers Still Prefer Suburbs and Cul de Sacs
Washington, DC, February 16, 2016—Homebuyers in the Baby Boom Generation want a suburban neighborhood consisting of all single-family detached homes, according to the results of the NAHB's Housing Preferences of the Boomer Generation.
Vacancy Rate Dropped 9.3% Between Q3 2015 and Q1 2016
Irvine, CA, February 15, 2016—Out of nearly 85 million residential properties nationwide, more than 1.3 million were vacant at the beginning of February, down 9.3% from Q3 2015, according to RealtyTrac's Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Vacancy Analysis.
Oil Prices Rise on Hopes of OPEC-led Production Cuts
Vienna, AT, February 15, 2016—Oil prices rose in choppy trading on Monday, following news that talks between members of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries may manifest in productions cuts.
Consumer Expectations Fall in February
Ann Arbor, MI, February 15, 2016—Consumer sentiment fell 1.4% to 90.7 in February, according to the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers.
Retail Sales Rose in January
Washington, DC, February 12, 2016—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January were $449.9 billion, an increase of 0.2% from the previous month, and 3.4% above January 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
CARE Launches California Council on Carpet Recycling
Sacramento, CA, February 12, 2016—The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) has announced the formation of the California Council on Carpet Recycling, an advisory group selected to provide guidance to CARE on California's carpet recycling efforts.