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Wood: State of the Industry 2023

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By and large, we make our own plywood for the United States, so we were not affected by the shortage; we just ramped up production here in America, so it wasn’t a sweeping change for us. We will be launching a new platform this summer with wood cores sourced and produced in North America by Mirage.

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FCNews Fantasy Football league supports worthy causes

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The annual Floor Covering News Fantasy Football for a Cause League closed this year with 12 teams : American Flooring Distributors, Consolidated Carpet, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, FCNews, Flooring Lines, Great Northern Associates, Karndean, Mannington, Salesmaster, Republic Floor, Spartan Surfaces and Tarkett. Consolidated Carpet.

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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% Whether it’s carpet, furniture or apparel, manufacturing is coming back to America.

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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.