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Välinge licensee to build Woodura flooring factory

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“Several factors prove that the concept is ready for this massive expansion—our production in Viken; market feedback from our sales and both Bjelin and our partners’ success with the products so far. The new factory, named “Ogulin 2,” is being built by Bjelin close to its existing “Ogulin 1” parquet factory.

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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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Changing of the guard at the NFA fall meeting

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Sales are great, but we’re all struggling on the warehouse piece of it. McSwain: You hear bits and pieces and realize one member is doing great this year in sales and they would say it’s their lowest accuracy in their warehousing ever. Newton: Just that domestic production could be 50% of the market by 2027.

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