Chain Store Sales Up Last Week
New York, June 13, 2006--Chain store sales recovered last week, stemming declines that had persisted for over a month and hinted at weakness in the economy.
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Employers Optimistic on Hiring for 3Q
Milwaukee, WI, June 13, 2006--After two-and-a-half years of reporting similarly strong job prospects, U.S. employers still won't budge on hiring plans for the third quarter of 2006.
190 New Antron Styles Debut at NeoCon
Chicago, IL, June 12, 2006--Eighteen mills are featuring 190 new styles of carpet manufactured with Antron carpet fiber during the NeoCon World's Trade Fair this year.
Armstrong Commercial Revitailizes Lines
Chicago, IL, June 13, 2006--Armstrong has revitalized four of its top-selling and durable homogeneous and inlaid sheet vinyl lines--Medintech, Medintech Tandem, Possibilities Petit Point and Connection Corlon.
CFI Sponsors International Installation Competitio
Anaheim, CA, June 12, 2006--At the World Floor Covering Association’s facility in Anaheim, CA, the second Japanese-American installation competition was held.
Companies Lacking Word of Mouth Marketing Strategi
New York, NY, June 12, 2006—JupiterResearch reports that large and mid-sized companies can gain greater control of the powerful effects of Word of Mouth marketing,
Congoleum to Continue Listing on Amex
Mercerville, NJ, June 12, 2006--Congoleum said its shares will continue to trade on the American Stock Exchange based upon a plan the company submitted to the Amex.
Seelaus to Leave CRI
Dalton, GA, June 12, 2006--Joan Seelaus, CRI’s director of communications for the past three years, has accepted a new position in the marketing/online services department in the single-family business division of Fannie Mae.
Deal on Net Neutrality in Senate Elusive
Washington, DC, June 12, 2006--The Senate Commerce Committee so far has been unable to reach a compromise on Internet network neutrality, a week before the panel is supposed to vote on it as part of a broader communications reform bill, Senate aides said
Foresbec Opens New Hardwood Plant
St. Eugene, Quebec, June 7, 2006--Foresbec, Inc., a leader in hardwood lumber manufacturing and distribution with sales in more than 45 countries worldwide, celebrated the opening of its new ForesFloor facility yesterday with an official “board-cutting”