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Deerfield Beach, FL, April 30, 2020—Mapei has announced that SCS Global Services has issued its Indoor Advantage Gold certification for indoor air quality for over 255 of Mapei's products (in the U.S.) for low VOC emissions in various categories including architectural coatings, sealants and adhesives.
Chattanooga, TN, April 30, 2020—Xpress Global Systems (XGS) is launching a program to assist qualifying floorcovering retailers across the country who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.
Edison, NJ, April 30, 2020—FloorFolio Industries announces the issuance of its fourth patent bringing the total to three U.S. patents and one Canadian patent.
Portsmouth, NH, April 30, 2020—Analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) report that at the close of Q1 2020, the top five U.S. markets with the largest total hotel construction pipelines are: Los Angeles, California with 166 projects/27,752 rooms; Dallas, Texas with 164 projects/19,999 rooms; New York City, New York with 152 projects/26,111 rooms; Atlanta, Georgia with 143 projects/19,423 rooms; and Houston, Texas with 132 projects/13,316 rooms.
Dalton, GA, April 30, 2020—The Dixie Group congratulates the 2020 scholarship recipients of the George R. West, Jr. Scholarship Award through The Dixie Group Foundation.
Washington, DC, April 29, 2020-Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 4.8% in Q1 2020, according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Washington, DC, April 29, 2020-The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) decreased 20.8% to 88.2 in March, according to the National Association of Realtors.
St. Louis, MO, April 29, 2020—The National Wood Flooring Association’s (NWFA) Virtual Expo launches today, running through May 1.
New York, NY, April 29, 2020—The HD Expo & Conference, which will be held virtually May 5 to 7 at hdexpo.com has announced hotelier Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, as its keynote speaker.
Hamont, Belgium, April 29, 2020—I4F announced that following its 2019 settlement agreement with Flooring Industries (Unilin), I4F has the right to ensure that its licensees will not be subject to currently pending ITC proceedings in the United States, nor the consequences of ITC decisions, which now seem to aim towards a General Exclusion Order (GEO) for certain Unilin patents in relation to new materials products.