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New York, NY, June 7, 2019-Ceramics of Italy reviewed hundreds of new products from Italian tile producers at Coverings in Orlando and ICFF in New York to determine the top design trends for the spring-summer season.
Washington, DC, June 7, 2019-April 2019 sales of merchant wholesalers were $503.1 billion, down 0.4% from the revised March level, but were up 2.7% from the April 2018 level, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Palo Alto, CA, June 6, 2019—Spend in kitchen remodels, the most popular room to renovate, jumped 27% in the past year to a median spend of $14,000, according to the eighth annual Houzz & Home survey of more than 140,000 U.S. respondents.
Washington, DC, June 6, 2019-Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 3.4% in the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output increased 3.9% and hours worked increased 0.5%.
New York, NY, June 6, 2019-Keith Weinberg, CEO of Empire Today, a shop-at-home flooring concept owned by HIG Capital, is hopeful that his company’s new Home Fresh carpet product may reinvigorate interest in the floorcovering, reports Bloomberg.
Cooper City, FL, June 6, 2019—Charles "Bud" Joseph Duffy Sr., of Duffy & Lee Carpet Company, died May 27 at age 86.
Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 6, 2019—American Biltrite announces organizational changes within its sales and marketing team.
Washington, DC, June 6, 2019-The goods and services deficit was $50.8 billion in April, down $1.1 billion from $51.9 billion in March, revised, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced.
Roseland, NJ, June 5, 2019—Private sector employment increased by 27,000 jobs from April to May, according to the May ADP National Employment Report.
Flowood, MS, June 5, 2019-The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is pleased to announce it has received formal acceptance into the National Apprenticeship System from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).