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Kennesaw, Georgia, November 18 - At the fall StarNet Convention, held last weekend in New Orleans, Lees Carpets unveiled an innovative new adhesive, UnibondR Wet Set RE, specially formulated to install broadloom carpets backed with Lees pioneering high pe
Washington, DC, November 18--Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in October, according to the Federal Reserve. Capacity utilization rose to 77.7 percent from a revised 77.3 percent for September.
Troy, MI & Hoffman Estates IL, November 17--Kmart Holding and Sears have signed a definitive merger agreement that will combine Sears and Kmart into a major new retail company named Sears Holdings Corporation.
Greensboro, NC, October 19--Unifi Inc. announced that it will be shutting two production lines and downsizing its recently acquired Kinston, North Carolina facility.
Washington, September 29—The economy in the second quarter grew more than originally estimated. It was revised higher to a 3.3 percent annual rate from the 2.8 percent previously reported, the Commerce Department said Wednesday
Mercerville, NJ, September 28 – Today Congoleum announced that it has notified both IVC/Balta U.S. Inc. and Tarkett that they may be importing and selling one or more resilient flooring products that may infringe on its U.S. Patent #6, 730, 388 B2.
Washington, September 24--Sales of existing single family homes slipped last month but remain at historically high levels, according to the National Association of Realtors.
La Jolla,CA, September 17---Sales trends differed sharply in local Southern California markets last month. Orange County experienced its weakest August in eight years while the Inland Empire experienced its strongest August ever.
Mooresville, NC, September 17--Lowe's Cos. has 16 stores, mainly along Interstate 10 in Alabama and Florida, that are closed because of Hurricane Ivan, said Gregory Wessling, senior vice president of store operations in the southeast.
Kidlington, England, September 10--Companies in the Thames Valley area are being encouraged to participate in a pilot PVC plastics recycling project backed by the British Plastics Federation (BPF).