FCICA Intros Resilient Installer Training Program
West Bloomfield, MI, November 17 –Flooring contractor association FCICA has launched a Floor Covering Installation training (FIT) program for resilient installation.
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Entrepreneur Turns Old Barns into New Floors
Arlington Heights, IL November 5--Jay Wikary, owner of American Barn Company in Chicago, is saving old barns from burning, bulldozing, or burial by recycling the wood into custom made furniture and flooring.
Jordan's Ends Long Time Massachusetts Location
Waltham, MA, October 25-- Back in 1974, when Ron Sickels started working at Waltham's Jordan's Furniture, Barry and Eliot Tatelman had not made a single TV commercial.
Ryland Group 3Q Earnings Up 31%
Calabasas CA, October 21--Homebuilder and mortage finance company Ryland Group Inc. said earnings rose 31 percent, driven by record third quarter new orders and closings.
Colbond Hikes Prices
Arnhem, The Netherlands, & Ashville, NC, October 19– Colbond, producer of industrial nonwovens, and three-dimensional polymeric mats and composites, will increase the prices worldwide for its entire product range effective January 1, 2005. The prices will
Gerflor & The International Volleyball Federation
Lausanne, Switzerland, October 22--Gerflor and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have approved their future partnership.
New Jersey Charges Six Flooring Stores with Fraud
Newark, NJ, October 20--The state has sued six Floor Superstore locations for consumer fraud, charging that 112 customers who complained of difficulty in getting refunds and other problems are owed $125,000, according to Newsday.
Imported Timber, Exported Future
Portland, OR, October 18--If you like Oregon's forests -- towering Douglas firs, hemlocks and pines as far as the eye can see -- you need to be worried, very worried, about the effects of cheap foreign wood flooding American markets.
Mohawk Announces Regional Dealer Meetings
Dalton,GA, October 13--Mohawk’s decision last year to expand its regional dealer meeting schedule was an unqualified success, according to company executives.
Chain Store Sales Rise in Newest Weekly Report
New York, October 13--U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week as a holiday weekend gave Americans more time to shop, a report said Tuesday.