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Web exclusive: Dealers hail Vermont’s restrictions on big boxes

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At most Home Depot stores, customers can buy non-essential goods as well as essential items, irking many flooring retailers. Vermont became the first state to require big box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s cease in-person sales of non-essential items—including carpet and flooring. By Ken Ryan. In Napa, Calif.,

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Natural disasters impact businesses across industry

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While many flooring retailers have averted extreme weather disruptions, others have not been so lucky. For the first several days most of our stores had no electricity, and our warehouse was without power for seven days,” said Palmer Johnson, vice president of Johnson Floor & Home. this summer, including Vermont.

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Web exclusive: Carpet recycling proposal falls short in New York

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In addition to New York, several other states—Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont, among them—are considering similar legislation as New York. Flooring dealers in New York said recycling is very important but needs to be carried out with a clear plan in mind. “It However, it is likely to resurface next year.”.