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Orlando, FL, November 13, 2017—The Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC), a coalition of 11 flooring industry trade associations, convened its annual fall meeting to address installation—the most vexing issue facing the flooring industry today.
Los Angeles, CA, November 13, 2017—Bentley Mills has announced several changes at the top of its organization.
Chicago, IL, November 13, 2017—Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2018 Dodge Construction Outlook, which predicts that total U.S. construction starts for 2018 will climb 3% to $765 billion.
Washington, DC, November 13, 2017—Industrial development reached a new high in 2017, driven by e-commerce, reports National Real Estate Investor (NREI).
Washington, DC, November 10, 2017—Markets in 197 of the 337 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in the third quarter of 2017, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI).
Ann Arbor, MI, November 10, 2017—Consumer sentiment fell to 97.8 in early November down 2.9% from October’s 100.7, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan.
Lancaster, PA, November 10, 2017—Ecore is launching a contest for designers and architects to showcase projects meant to improve people’s lives during the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference (HCD) November 11 to 14 in Orlando at the Ecore booth (#429).
Dalton, GA, November 9, 2017—The Dixie Group reported Q3 2017 sales of $102.7 million, up 2.3% compared to Q3 2016’s $100.3 million.
Dalton, GA, November 9, 2017—T.M. Nuckols will assume responsibility for The Dixie Group's residential business and has been named corporate vice president and president of Dixie Residential, effective November.
Washington, DC, November 9, 2017—September 2017 sales of merchant wholesalers were $480.5 billion, up 1.3% from the revised August level and were up 8.5% from the September 2016 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The July 2017 to August 2017 percent change was revised from the preliminary estimate of up 1.7% to up 1.9%.