Scheduled Change in the Management of the Witex Gr
Augustdorf, Germany, September 6--Witex International Flooring GmbH has reorganized its management board.
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WarmlyYours Offers Free Installation DVD to Dealer
Buffalo Grove, IL, September 6--Floor covering professionals, remodeling contractors and builders looking to learn more about electric floor warming system installation techniques will want to get their hands on the newly released free installation traini
Great Floors Starts Work on Store in Spokane
Spokane, WA, Sept. 2--Great Floors LLC, a Coeur d’Alene-based flooring chain with 15 retail stores and three distribution centers, has started work on a 48,000-square-foot retail outlet just west of the Spokane Valley Mall, which will be its third Spokane
Carpet Store Feeling the Heat Over Gasoline Prices
Binghamton, NY, Sept. 2--Phillip Casiuk, owner and operator of Southern Tier Carpet and Upholstery, hasn't heard from some of his regular customers in more than a year. And he said there's a single culprit to blame: gas prices, according to the Bi
Pergo Launches Specialty Retail Sweepstakes
Raleigh, NC, Sept. 2--This fall, Pergo specialty retailers across the country will offer customers substantial purchase rebates on the flooring of their dreams, as well as the chance to win a $5,000 "Dream Space" room makeover.
UK's Floors-2-Go Profits Fall
London, England, Sept. 2--Despite achieving higher sales, operating profits at flooring specialist Floors 2 Go fell 25.1 per cent in the six months to June 30, with same store sales down 11.3 per cent.
BASF Increases Prices for Butonal
Florham, Park, NJ, August 31--Effective September 1, 2005, BASF Corporation will increase its prices in the United States and Canada on all Butonal high solids styrene butadiene polymers.
Katrina Will Bring Varied Impacts on Construction
Washington, D.C., Sept. 2--Ken Simonson, chief economist of The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina will have varied impacts on construction markets for the rest of 2005 and into 2006.
Payrolls Grew 169,000 in August
Washngton, DC, Sept. 2--Businesses added 169,000 workers to payrolls last month and the jobless rate fell to 4.9%, lowest level since August 2001.
Tibet Works to Increase Exports
Tibet, Sept. 2--Tibet is a faraway kingdom up in the Himalayan mountains but it's actively looking to market its products beyond the region.