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Charlottesville, VA, November 7, 2017—Quad-C Management has announced that it has closed an investment in Galleher Corporation, one of the oldest and largest floorcovering distributors in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Dallas, TX, November 7, 2017—Mike Riley has been named president of Feizy Rugs, according to Furniture Today.
Kennesaw, GA, November 7, 2017 – Invista has announced Dan Haycook as the new president of performance solutions, replacing David Duncan, who has been tapped to move to a position with Koch Industries, Inc. subsidiary Georgia-Pacific as executive vice president of building products.
Irvine, CA, November 7, 2017—Home prices nationally increased year over year by 7% from September 2016 to September 2017, and on a month-over-month basis, home prices increased by 0.9% in September 2017 compared with August 2017, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI).
Washington, DC, November 7, 2017—The number of job openings was little changed at 6.1 million on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Lancaster, PA, November 6, 2017—Armstrong Flooring reported net sales of $308.5 million for Q3 2017, compared to $313.4 million in Q3 2016, primarily as a result of a decline in net sales in the wood flooring segment.
Dalton, GA, November 3, 2017—Shaw Industries has committed to showcase its Anderson and Tuftex brands in an exhibit at the Surfaces expo in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2018.
Bethany, CT, November 6, 2017—Independent third-party testing has confirmed that Laticrete Supercap can help contractors and installers comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new workplace standards that reduces the allowable amount of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust in construction projects.
Washington, DC, November 6, 2017—The Total Solutions Plus meeting is underway in Washington, D.C., running until tomorrow.
Dalton, GA, November 6, 2017—Entries for the 11th annual Gold Standard Awards are now being accepted, the World Floor Covering Association has announced.