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COVID-19 could put a charge into U.S. manufacturing

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The report found that manufacturing imports from China were the hardest hit. producers began manufacturing and sourcing in China for one reason: costs,” said Patrick Van den Bossche, Kearney partner and co-author of the 19-page report. Three decades ago, U.S. The trade war brought a second dimension more fully into the equation?risk?as

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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We do all of this while maintaining our commitment to northwest Georgia and the surrounding areas. Rising food and rent costs contributed to the big increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, as did a surge in gas prices that will become more pronounced in the March inflation report. In February, the energy index jumped 3.5%

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

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Northwest Georgia is the landing spot for many new and proposed sites, which has been announced by the likes of Wellmade, Novalis, CFL Flooring, Huali Floors and Concord Flooring, formerly Arte Mundi. A powerful selling proposition for retail sales reps. The new strategy is anything but ordinary. Mannington/Phenix.

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Flooring dealers add safeguards to fight credit scams

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According to a recent report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), companies lose roughly 5% of their revenue to fraud each year. We wrote an order, sent it for DocuSign to the email address provided and—once authorized—we processed the sale and the credit card was accepted. Petersburg, Fla.

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People making a difference 2022

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The International Surfaces Event (TISE) has a rich history for 30 years, and the last decade has been led with Kerry Cree at the helm of booth sales—including booth, sponsorship and digital. Jamann overhauled our high-end Fabrica Wood program and display system and trained our sales force many times over. By Dana Hicks.

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Looking back: Ralph Boe

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Retailers were spread all over the place and very small; there was no one who really had the dominance from a sales standpoint. The fact that we were all in the same part of northwest Georgia made us very, very competitive against one another, which allowed the U.S. David Kolb asked me to stay, and I said, “Will I report to you?”

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NFA members exude optimism

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Newton and other NFA board members agreed that while top-line sales are down for most in ‘23, margins are higher as dealers are selling better goods—and therefore generating higher tickets. On another positive note, several NFA retailers reported an uptick in business activity in the last 60 days following a generally sluggish summer.