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Pergo Offers Fall Sales Promotion on Pergo Select

Raleigh, NC, September 30-Pergo currently is offering a nationwide sales promotion designed exclusively for specialty retailers who sell Pergo Select. The program offers pricing and bonus incentives on pallet orders of this popular product line.

FloorExpo Names Turner VP

Atlanta, GA, September 20--FloorExpo announced the promotion of Kathy Turner to vice president of business development.

Delaware Offered $14 M to Keep Invista

Wilmington, DE, September 27--Delaware officials disclosed Friday that the state offered Invista $14 million in incentives to keep 350 high-paying jobs in the state, according to DelewareOnline.com.

Hanley Wood Launches Reinvention 2004 Symposium

Washington, September 23-- Residential Architect -- the only national magazine focusing exclusively on the residential architecture profession -- will host Reinvention 2004: The Next American House, in Los Angeles, December 6-8.

Frink Goes to Work at the Commerce Department

Pittsburgh, PA, September 23--Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans and Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Al Frink, founder of the Santa Ana, California-based carpet mill Fabrica, met with the Bush Administration’s Manufacturing Council i

Sears Unveils New Logo

Hoffman Estates, IL, September 21—Sears has adopted a new logo, only the fourth in its 118-year history, to give it what it describes as a "fresher, friendlier' look.

BP: Inexpensive Fuel Era Ending

Vienna, Austria, September 20--BP Plc chief executive officer John Browne says the era of cheap oil may be over because of tensions in the Middle East and persistent growth in demand, according to China Daily.

Fed’s Straight Talk on Rates Avert Deflation

Washington, September 17--The Federal Reserve concluded that its new policy of talking more clearly about its interest-rate plans had a sizable impact on bond markets last year, helping to avert deflation when the Fed's main interest-rate target appro

Mannington Commercial Products Win Design Award

Calhoun, GA, September 15--Mannington Commercial was recently awarded the "2003 Good Design" Award for two products: the ArtCraft Collection of modular carpet tiles and Double Weave, an archtypical geometric pattern in 12' broadloom.