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St. Louis, MO, May 14, 2015—The National Wood Flooring Association recognized Rick Holden, COO of Derr Flooring in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, with its Industry Leadership Award during the Wood Flooring Expo.
Washington, DC, May 13, 2015—Retail sales rose only 0.9% in April, according to the Commerce Department, indicating that Americans are still reluctant to spend.
Irvine, CA, May 13, 2015—National foreclosure inventory fell 25.7% between March 2014 and March 2015, according to CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report.
Dalton, GA, May 13, 2015—J+J Flooring Group is partnering with the Center for Health Design to hold three professional networking and educational events this year.
Albstadt, DE, May 13, 2015—Groz-Beckert has acquired the worldwide carding activities of the Belgian Bekaert Group.
Santa Fe Springs, CA, May 13, 2015—At the Southern California Floor Covering JATC meeting, Fernando Arellano, an apprentice, was awarded with over $1,500 of Orcon carpet installation tools in recognition of his exceptional academic achievements.
Washington, DC, May 13, 2015—The Small Business Optimism Index increased 1.7 points from March to 96.9, in spite of a quarter of virtually no economic growth, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
Lancaster, PA, May 13, 2015—Ecore was the main sponsor of the Starnet Betterhalves' philanthropic and networking event Build-A-Bike at the 2015 Starnet spring meeting in Tucson, Arizona.
Mooresville, NC, May 12, 2015—Lowe’s is purchasing 13 former Target stores and a distribution center, all in Canada, for $125 million. These will be converted into Lowe’s Canada home improvement centers.
Toano, VA, May 12, 2015—Many of the Lumber Liquidator’s product liability insurance carriers are refusing to defend the company in class-action suits brought by unhappy customers, the New York Post reports.