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NWFA: Near-record crowd represents highest turnout in 20 years

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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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ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month

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This kicks off ICG Italia’s Inside The Architect Studio 2024 series of events geared to the A&D community with programming that spotlights leading architects and their industry insights in small group settings. The post ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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CCA summer convention: Members embrace Retail 2.0

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Every generation or so something comes along that truly changes the game for flooring retailers. It will begin shipping in March 2023 to members who buy into the program and finish in Q1 2024. By then, it is expected that Carpet One and Flooring America retailers will have the tools necessary to transform their businesses. .

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Economics: ITR forecast signals return to ‘normalized’ growth

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Retail sales trends. One of the many leading indicators ITR Economics examines in its forecasting models is retail sales trends. Retail sales are, of course, going to slow down,” Beaulieu said, citing the absence of stimulus funding that was injected into the U.S. In fact, retail sales are doing well in many parts of the world.

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NAFCD: Outlook upbeat for commercial market

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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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NAFCD ‘Xperience’ Day 2: ITR Economics sees bright future ahead

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That was the forecast that Brian Beaulieu, chief economist for ITR Economics, conveyed to attendees who participated in day two of the North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors’ (NAFCD) Virtual Xperience conference. At ITR we have studied a lot of natural disasters—clearly not as big as a global pandemic.

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Economics: A mixed bag of activity for 2023

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C hi c ag o —The forecast for the new home construction market looks cloudy while non-residential sales are expected to remain robust in 2023. Residential construction dips Research conducted by ITR Economics shows new home sales are down 18.2% economy at large. ITR Economics, which boasts a 94.7% economy for 2023 and beyond.