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Seeking solutions for trucker shortage

Floor Covering News

For starters, major trucking industry associations like ATA are working closely with their representatives in Washington to push through legislation that would benefit the industry through more favorable regulations. Warne, NAFCD president and vice president of sales and marketing at Abraham Linc, told Floor Covering News.

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President's Message: Introducing our new president, Dan Rea

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I am employed at Coldspring, in Cold Spring, MN (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company) where I head up the sales and marketing for the company and have been in the stone industry with Coldspring since 1977. The second initiative I intend to work with the MIA staff is safety.

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Coronavirus update: Flooring dealers brace for long battle as shutdowns and traffic slowdowns loom

Floor Covering News

Eric Langan, owner of Carpetland USA (The Langan Group), with nine locations in Iowa and Illinois, believes the situation will have a negative impact on its won business and on the industry alike. In hard-hit Washington state, Ilaria Hare Heiderich of Seattle-based Floorworks Inc./Flooring

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Current outlook bright for residential market

Floor Covering News

For example, the rate of growth in building permits in Washington state was 2.6%, compared to a national market growth rate of north of 20%. As you pivot to the Midwest, Michigan and Illinois (also two of the stricter states) saw permits at 12.4% Ditto for California, another state that enacted severe lockdown restrictions.