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Washington, DC, July 18, 2016—Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in July fell one point to 59 from a June reading of 60 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released.
Arlington, VA, July 18, 2016—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone show in North America, has appointed Taffy Event Strategies as its show management company.
Washington, DC, July 18, 2016—The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) commended Senate passage of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016.
Washington, DC, July 15, 2016—The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.
Washington, DC, July 15, 2016—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for June were $457.0 billion, an increase of 0.6% from the previous month and 2.7% above June 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Lancaster, PA, July 15, 2016—Working in concert with CCA leadership, Armstrong Flooring (AFI) has made the decision to conclude the CCA direct program and return the sales and service of the CCA dealer network to our distribution partners.
Washington, DC, July 15, 2016—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for May was estimated at $1,291.8 billion, up 0.2% from April 2016, but was down 1.4% from May 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Peshtigo, WI, July 15, 2016—Aacer Flooring has announced that it is expanding its manufacturing operation and will soon be producing northern hardwood engineered flooring.
Ann Arbor, MI, July 15, 2016—Consumer sentiment fell to 89.5 in July, 4.3% below June’s 93.5, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers.
Washington, DC, July 15, 2016—Industrial production increased 0.6% in June after declining 0.3% in May, according to the Federal Reserve.