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Kidderminster, UK, Aug. 25--The UK carpet industry--centered on the West Midlands--has launched a £1 million advertising campaign to attempt to stem a massive fall in demand for its products, according to the Birmingham Post.
Wilkesboro, NC, Aug. 23--In March, Robert Niblock was promoted to the newly created retailer Lowe's Companies Inc. Previously, the title belonged to CEO and Chairman Robert Tillman. Last week, the Fortune 100 company announced that second-quarter pro
Lincoln, New Zealand, Aug. 25--We might have been farming them for thousands of years but as far as Garth Carnaby is concerned sheep are a high-tech product of the future.
Silver City, NM, Aug. 22--Business owners Michelle and Lee Pierce were stunned Wednesday morning when a pickup truck crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window in the front of their store
Calhoun, GA, Aug. 22--Mohawk Industries Inc. has been sued by the parents of a Chatsworth police officer who died in a security gate accident at the company's facility on Duvall Road in Chatsworth, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Atlanta, GA, Aug. 21--Home Depot raised its quarterly dividend 17% and said its board authorized an increase in the company's buyback program.
Zibo, China, Aug. 21--China Federation of Industry Economics, China Ceramic Industrial Association and Zibo municipal government has announced to jointly host 2003 China International Ceramic Fair
Bradford, UK, Aug. 21--Carpet International, the UK’s largest carpet manufacturer which has 1,200 employees – has gone into administrative receivership.
Wilmington, DE, Aug. 21--Calling Pillowtex Corp.'s liquidation plan "very, very unusual," a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday indicated he would encourage rival bids for what's left of the Kannapolis-NC based towel maker
Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 20--Orleans Homebuilders came a little late to the design-center concept, but so far the idea has paid off.