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Washington, DC, Dec. 13--Wholesale prices dropped 0.4% in November, the biggest decline in six months. The sizable drop in the Producer Price Index, which measures prices of goods before they reach consumers, came after wholesale prices jumped 1.1% in Oct
Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 16--Graninge has signed an agreement to acquire the energy business area of the flooring manufacturer AB Gustaf Kahr.
Washington, DC, Dec. 12--Shoppers pushed sales at the nation's retailers up by 0.4% in November, the best showing in three months. Sales of furniture and home furnishings led the way
Linwood, PA, Dec. 11--Thomas E. Chorman, president and chief executive officer of Foamex International has been elected to the company's board effective immediately.
Midland, MI, Dec. 13--Citing two years of lackluster financial performance, Dow Chemical replaced its president and chief executive with the man who previously led the company.
Dalton, GA, Dec. 9--Tandus Group has made fundamental changes to its strategy for bringing to market its specialized floorcovering brands--C&A Floorcoverings (C&A), Crossley Carpet Mills and Monterey Carpets.
Durban, South Africa, Dec. 9--Automotive component group Feltex, has acquired the automotive carpet unit of Marley for an undisclosed sum.
Dalton, GA, Dec. 10--Tandus Group, Inc., which includes Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, had third quarter revenues of $84.3 million compared to $82.4 million for the same period a year ago.
Washington, D.C., December 6, 2002--American Consumers for Affordable Homes (ACAH) today called on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to focus on how trade distorting measures, particularly the 27% duties recently imposed on Canadian lumber imp
Pleasanton, CA, Dec. 9--Armstrong World Industries has selected the Xign Payment Services Network to automate its paper based accounts payable processes.