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Washington, DC, March 13, 2025—In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Jackson, MS, March 13, 2025—On March 8, in honor of International Women’s Day, 12 women tile installers gathered at Carpet & Tile Warehouse in Vero Beach, Florida, to take part in the first-ever all-women Certified Tile Installer (CTI) hands-on exam.
Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis in February, after rising 0.5% in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-Mortgage applications increased 11.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 7, 2025.
Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-The construction industry had 236,000 job openings on the last day of January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Calhoun, GA, March 12, 2025—Sixty-eight percent of purchase intenders plan to install wall-to-wall carpet in their bedrooms while 34% plan to place carpet in family rooms, according to a recent Mohawk brand tracking study.
Petersburg, FL, March 12, 2025 — Hybrid shopping has become the primary way consumers buy furniture, with online-only shopping on the rise and in-store-only purchases declining, according a new study from 3D Cloud, reported by Furniture Today.
Washington, DC, March 11, 2025—The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell by 2.1 points in February to 100.7.
Orlando, FL, March 11, 2025––Coverings (coverings.com) has announced today an expanded roster of both new and returning programs and activations for Coverings 2025.
Washington, DC, March 11, 2025—Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted February 20 to March 5. The reading is up 0.2 months since February 2024.