Floor Focus’ Kemp Harr, the Week in the Flooring Industry (33:34)
August 22, 2007—Kemp Harr, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine looks back that the past week in the floor covering industry discussing: The Shaw Vision Retreat for designers; The $20M expansion at Faus Group’s Calhoun, Georgia facility, which will see the addition of a milling line and four presses; Lowe’s second quarter earnings and a comparison with Home Depot’s results; The July foreclosure rate, which nearly doubled; The increase in the National Association of Realtors Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity in the second quarter; The plan for a new carpet mill, which will produce carpet for Japanese auto producers in the U.S.; The CFI convention and the revamping of Karastan’s installation program.
Related Topics:Karastan, Mohawk Industries, Shaw Industries Group, Inc.