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Dalton, GA, May 19, 2022—Shaw and the Shaw Cushion Program for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have been named the 2022 Halo Award Silver winner in the Consumer Activated Corporate Donation category by Engage for Good.
Hamont, Belgium, May 19, 2022-I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, has, for a second consecutive year, been awarded as one of the 2021/22 Best Managed Companies (BMC) by Deloitte.
Houston, TX, May 19, 2022-OneFlor USA has announced its executive team, consisting of flooring industry veterans with a focus on the resilient category.
Washington, DC, May 19, 2022—In the week ending May 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 218,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Washington, DC, May 18, 2022—The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Architecture Billings Index score for April was 56.5 compared to 58.0 in March.
Mooresville, NC, May 18, 2022— Lowe’s reported net sales of $23.7 billion for Q1 2022, a 3% increase compared to $24.4 billion in Q1 2021.
Hamilton, NJ, May 18, 2022-Total construction starts rose 3% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $945.8 billion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts rose 6% and residential starts increased by 4%, while nonbuilding starts fell 4%.
Washington, DC, May 18, 2022—Privately-owned housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,724,000, 0.2% below the revised March estimate of 1,728,000 but 14.6% above the April 2021 rate of 1,505,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Columbus, OH, May 18, 2022—On May 14, Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership held a shareholder meeting for its voting stockholders of record.
Washington, DC, May 18, 2022—Mortgage applications decreased 11.0% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 13, 2022.