Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

Hardwood flooring’s loss of market share to competing hard surfaces over the past 10-15 years is well catalogued and documented. The hardwood flooring sector continues to face stiff competition from look-alike product segments. As such, NWFA will co-host the Flooring Sustainability Summit scheduled for July 17-18 in Washington, D.C.

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Stone Update

AUGUST 1, 2016

Research study cites new flooring systems, automated concrete-tile making, other developments for gains.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2024

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. Following are excerpts of her presentation.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

These competing and seemingly divergent scenarios are indicative of the complex nature of economic forecasting in a time of unprecedented challenges and change for not only the flooring industry but the U.S. Residential construction dips Research conducted by ITR Economics shows new home sales are down 18.2% economy at large.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That was the primary message that Connor Lokar, senior forecaster with ITR Economics, delivered to attendees at the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors/North American Building Material Distribution Association (NAFCD+NBMDA) convention here earlier this month. economy overall. You are going to have to go get it!”.

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