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Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2026-Coverings, the largest international tile and stone event in North America, has announced seven Best Booth Awards for the 2026 show in Las Vegas, including three Best in Show awards, three Best Display awards and one Best Stone Display award.
Dalton, GA, April 2, 2026— Novalis has released its fitth Annual Sustainability Report, marking another year of measurable progress toward its environmental, social and governance goals.
Las Vegas, NV, April 2, 2026--On the occasion of Coverings 2026 in Las Vegas, Landmark Ceramics celebrated its ten-year anniversary.
Washington, DC, April 1, 2026—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2026 were $738.4 billion, up 0.6% from the previous month and up 3.7% from February 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Las Vegas, NV, April 1, 2026––Coverings has presented Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards to 25 projects for their artistry and innovative use of materials for tile and stone applications.
Washington, DC, April 1, 2026—Mortgage applications decreased 10.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 27, 2026.
San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2026-Alliance Flooring named the winners of its 2025 supplier awards during its annual meeting in San Antonio at the JW Marriott Hill Country.
Tempe, AZ, April 1, 2026—The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) registered 52.7% in March, a 0.3-percentage point increase compared to the reading of 52.4% in February.
Washington, DC, April 1, 2026—The construction industry had 202,000 job openings on the last day of February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Clemson, SC, March 31, 2026— U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2025 was 2.57 billion square feet, down 4.9% from the previous year.