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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Israeli/Hamas war In much the same way that the Ukraine-Russia conflict has resulted in the loss of life and caused uncertainty on the global stage, Hamas’ invasion of Israel on Oct.

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Economics: Headwinds will moderate growth in 2024 

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Businesses and consumers should expect to see high interest rates heading into 2024 , although the rate of increase and severity of the increases should be lower during the year. housing market “The housing market will begin to stabilize as we go through 2024 and begin to show more appreciable signs of recovery in 2025,” Beaulieu said. “If

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