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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

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Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Resilient flooring manufactured stateside offers excellent quality control, more stable pricing, shorter lead times and lower capital inventory requirements. Moreover, made-in-the-U.S.A.

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Milliken publishes fourth annual sustainability report

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Milliken & Company published its fourth annual sustainability report, a key reporting component in the company’s progress toward its 2025 sustainability goals. management team by 8% and announced that its entire flooring portfolio is now carbon neutral. . Spartanburg, S.C.—Milliken

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Armstrong releases third-party assured sustainability report

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Armstrong Flooring released the company’s first third-party assured, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-compliant sustainability report. Third-party certification of 99% of products to low or no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and content standards. Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Full report here.

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10 social media trends for 2022

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is predicted to grow nearly $80 billion by 2025. From influencer partnerships to event speaker lineups, we hope it becomes more of a standard moving forward. The post 10 social media trends for 2022 appeared first on Floor Covering News. And it’s revolutionizing the way we shop: 60% of gen zers in the U.S. Memes, memes, memes.

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Resilient 2023: Industry-wide challenges mitigate growth

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The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A In fact, FCNews ’ Statistical issue showed just how important price increases were to the flooring industry in 2022. In terms of volume, the category saw just a 4.7%

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NAFCD 2023: Forecast shows improvement over long term

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No one is expecting floor covering distributors to post banner sales numbers for 2023—certainly not in an environment marked by high inflation and a slumping new home construction market. If you’re on the non-residential side of the street, you’re going to be doing very well in 2024 but you’re going to see some pain in 2025.”

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Economics: Construction outlook mixed for 2024-25

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Those were just of the main findings of a wide-ranging keynote presentation delivered by Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist with ITR Economics, in her address to commercial flooring contractors in attendance at the recent Fuse Alliance conference here earlier this month. I expect cooling for the rest of this year and a mild pullback in 2025.”

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