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Cypress, TX, March 24, 2023-Fuse Alliance, a member-owned organization of professional commercial flooring contractors, announced that BECA Commercial Flooring, Buckeye Floor and Ceiling, DeSoto Floor Covering & Interiors, Florworx, and Patella Carpet & Tile have joined the network as new members.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2023- After increasing by 11% in 2022, the volume of U.S. imports of multilayered wood flooring fell by 26% in January versus one year ago, reports the Decorative Hardwoods Association.
New York, NY, March 24, 2023—The Spanish tile industry surpassed expectations with overall sales increasing by 16.2% since last year to $5.95 billion, reports Tile of Spain (ASCER).
Dalton, GA, March 24, 2023—Last week, Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) introduced the first industry-wide Advanced Commercial Carpet Certification program, CIII, during preview sessions with carpet, adhesive, and tool manufacturers in Dalton, Georgia.
Charlotte, NC, March 24, 2023—Truist Securities released the following housing market analysis.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2023—New orders for manufactured durable goods in February, down three of the last four months, decreased $2.6 billion or 1.0% to $268.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. This followed a 5.0% January decrease.
New York, NY, March 24, 2023—Northann Corp has secured a new European patent for its DSE Embossing Technology, which covers a combined positive and negative embossing method in 3D printing applications for the manufacturing of decorative panels.
Bologna, IT, March 24, 2023—Cersaie 2023, to be held in Bologna from 25 to 29 September, is celebrating its 40thanniversary this year.
New York, NY, March 23, 2023-The Federal Reserve approved another quarter-percentage-point interest-rate increase but signaled that banking-system turmoil might end its rate-rise campaign sooner than seemed likely two weeks ago, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, March 23, 2023—Sales of new single-family houses in February 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 640,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1.1% above the revised January rate of 633,000 but 19.0% below the February 2022 estimate of 790,000.