Today's Flooring News

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Hotels See Increase in Travel

New York, July 7--Business travelers are back, and hotels are greeting them with higher rates.

Columbia Flooring Launches High-end Laminate Line

Danville, VA, July 6--To complement its popular Colonial Clic and Casual Clic glueless laminate planks introduced earlier this year, Columbia Flooring today announced the introduction of Ceramica Clic glueless laminate tiles.

Hand–Woven Carpet Fair in Tehran Scheduled for Aug

Tehran, Iran, July 6--An international fair for Iranian hand-woven carpets is to be held in Tehran, said an official at the Iranian Carpet Company, news reports said. The Thirteenth International Fair for Iran’s Hand–Woven Carpets will be held from Augus

NeoCon Draws 41,820 Attendees

Chicago, IL, July 2---NeoCon– the contract furnishings industry's premier event and North America's largest conference and exhibition for interior design and facilities management – attracted 41,820 professional attendees June 14-16, 2004, at The

Garage Flooring Adds Ambience

Dallas, TX, July 6-- It's often a part of the house that is overlooked when it comes to decorating. But it's also often the place that we come home to first every night. When we pull into our garages a tone is set. Is yours cluttered?

Louisiana Carpet One Dealer Looking to Make a Diff

DeRidder, LA, July 6-- As the school year ends, school principals, teachers, parents and students are gearing up for local elections to determine which lucky public elementary school library or media center will receive a complimentary makeover, according

CRI Gets Sharper Image Ad Modified

Dalton, GA. July 6—The Carpet and Rug Institute has reported that Sharper Image is no longer running an advertisement for which implied that carpet continuously emits dangerous chemicals.

Kansas City-Based Scott Rice Buys Image Flooring C

Kansas, City, MO, July 2--Scott Rice Office Works LLC bought Kansas City-based Image Flooring Concepts Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.

Unemployment Rate Holds at 5.6%

Washington, DC, July 2--Employers hired workers at a lackluster pace for the first time in four months in June, surprising Wall Street.

Sears Getting Bigger as Sales are Still Shrinking

Hoffman Estates, IL, July 2—Sears is expanding for the first time in two decades with plans to buy as many as 61 new stores, but analysts said the deal will do little to address a nagging problem -- weak clothing sales.