Washington, DC, February 5, 2026-In the week ending January 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of ...

Washington, DC, February 5, 2026-Home prices rose in 73% of metro markets (168 out of 230) during Q4 2025, according to the National Association of Realtors’ latest quarterly report. This is down from ...

Dalton, GA, February 5, 2026-Ryan Vaughn, vice president of Georgia Carpet Industries, has died from brain cancer. Georgia ...

Washington, D.C., December 14--Dupont, according to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement, has agreed to pay a $16.5 million settlement for failing to report health risks associated ...

Piet Dossche, founder and CEO of US Floors, didn’t hail from a business environment. His father was a judge in his home country of Belgium, so he grew up in an academic household. He was an ambitious ...

A Resource Directory to put you in touch with some of the most notable floor covering producers in North America.

Industry insiders have often debated what motivated Bob Shaw to forego retirement and create Engineered Floors (EF) but hindsight always gives a clearer view of the inspiration. In 2009, when we first ...

Troy, MI, Dec. 19--Bankrupt retailer Kmart Corp.'s shares will begin trading on the Pink Sheets electronic quotation system on Thursday under the symbol "KMRTQ.PK", ending an 84 year run on the New ...

Substrates or subfloors are the surfaces on which floorcovering materials are applied. They can be wood, concrete, plywood, stone or metal. Regardless of the material, there are specific preparation ...

In 2012, the LVT category was disrupted with the introduction of WPC LVT. This new product bridged the laminate and floating LVT categories by offering a rigid, strong, lightweight, easy-to-install ...

Boa-Franc, which manufactures Mirage hardwood, is deftly led by president Pierre Thabet, a man whose singular goal is to be the best at manufacturing hardwood flooring. Self described as “more of a ...

Salem, NJ, June 28--Ensconced in marsh grass at the end of a country road, Mannington Mills churns out resilient flooring 24 hours a day, at least five days a week, according to the Courier-Post of ...