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Ringgold, GA, July 13, 2020-- Happy Feet International announces the hiring of David Snedeker, VP of strategic accounts, and Tom Tidmore, regional VP west. Both have more than 30 years of experience in the floorcovering industry.
Palm Springs, CA, July 13, 2020-The Fuse Alliance has cancelled its annual meeting, slated for March 2021.
Norwalk, CT, July 13, 2020-Gary Keeble has been promoted to vice president of marketing for Metroflor.
Atlanta, GA, July 13, 2020-The Georgia Association of Manufacturers (GAM) and The Manufacturers Education Foundation (MEF) boards of directors elected Mike Coan as president, effective July 1.
Hackettstown, NJ, July 13, 2020—The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), the North American authority on all things residential kitchen and bath, announces the 2020/2021 NKBA Global Connect Advisors.
Salem, NJ, July 13, 2020—In recognition of their commitment to community service, Mannington Mills has awarded “Stand on a Better World” scholarships to two recent New Jersey high school graduates: Corinne Wiley and Aidan Coombs.
Dalton, GA, July 10, 2020—Shaw Industries ranked second in Elearning! Magazine’s 2020 Learning! 100 list for its comprehensive education and training efforts.
Chattanooga, TN, July 10, 2020-A class-action lawsuit filed against Mohawk by the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi has negatively impacted the company’s stock value by 20%; according to analyst Stifel, the suit, “alleged among other things that Mohawk executives engaged in a scheme to ‘channel stuff’ its Conventional Flooring Products in an effort to make the company’s sales growth and performance appear far better than they were.”
Calhoun, GA, July 10, 2020—Mohawk Group has announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its inaugural Design Forward Virtual Summit, styled DesignFWD, which takes place exclusively online July 15 to 17.
Cambridge, MA, July 10, 2020- Employers believe that “…more than 40 percent of workers who had switched to remote work during the COVID-19 crisis would continue working remotely after the crisis ends,” reports the National Bureau of Economic Research in a study titled "What Jobs are Being Done at Home During the Covid-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys.”