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New York, NY, January 13, 2006--Lord & Taylor is for sale, fueling speculation about the fate of a venerable department store chain that offered American classic design but lost its highbrow appeal amid fierce competition.
January 12, Danville, VA--Columbia Flooring today announced it has reached an agreement with Laura Ashley Inc., to manufacture a line of hardwood and laminate flooring under the Laura Ashley brand name.
Atlanta, GA, January 12, 2006--Home Depot has launched The Home Depot SPEC Construction Loan program, available through all of its 1,767 U.S. stores.
Dalton, GA--Shaw has recently introduced PowerEdge, an innovative secondary backing that creates a stronger fabric at the roll edges to prevent roll crush and edge ravel at the seams.
Dalton, GA, January 11, 2006--Shaw Industries has introduced a comprehensive selection of today’s most current looks in carpet, with all styles featuring Anso’s popular Caress ultra-soft nylon.
Midland, MI, January 11, 2006)—Effective January 30, 2006, the Dow Latex business is increasing the prices of all latex products sold into the carpet industry by US$0.03/lb (dry) in the United States and Canada.
Atlanta, GA, January 10, 2006--Home Depot and Hughes Supply, Inc., a leading distributor of construction, repair and maintenance products, today announced a definitive agreement for Home Depot to acquire Hughes Supply for an aggregate consideration of $3.
Atlanta, GA, January 9, 2006--Home Depot announced that it has acquired Chem-Dry, the franchisor for the world's largest carpet and upholstery cleaning and service provider network. Chem-Dry has nearly 4,000 franchises worldwide, including 2,500 in th
Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2006--Iranian carpet weavers will start weaving a 5,700-square-meter, 80-billion-rial (roughly US $9 million) carpet for the Sheikh Zayed al Nahyan Mosque as of January 21, 2006.
Washington, DC, January 6, 2006--High winter heating bills will continue to suppress consumer spending in the first quarter of 2006, resulting in the economy growing at an annual rate of just 2.6 percent - the slowest quarterly growth rate since the first