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Dalton, GA, March 24, 2022—With the resulting continued escalation of raw materials and other operating costs, Shaw Industries will increase prices on residential carpet, commercial carpet, mainstreet carpet and cushion up to 8%.
Wyandotte, MI, March 24, 2022-Effective April 1, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices for caprolactam and polyamide 6 (PA6) by $0.14 per pound in North America.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2022-In the week ending March 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 187,000, a decrease of 28,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Las Vegas, NV, March 24, 2022—HD Expo + Conference returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center April 26 to 28.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2022—New orders for manufactured durable goods in February decreased $6.0 billion or 2.2% to $271.5 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Washington, DC, March 23, 2022—The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for February was 51.3, up from a score of 51.0 in January. Any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings.
Manchester, NH, March 23, 2022-After thirty-eight years, CCA Global Partners founder and co-CEO Howard Brodsky is retiring on October 1.
Glen Burnie, MD, March 23, 2022—The Mancini Family, through the Belknap White Group, has become the sole shareholder of JJ Haines.
Washington, DC, March 23, 2022—Sales of new single-family houses in February 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 772,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2.0% below the revised January rate of 788,000 and 6.2% below the February 2021 estimate of 823,000.
Dalton, GA, March 23, 2022—The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) received accreditation for a 15-week technical college training course on floorcovering installation.