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NSI to host 2023 Stone Summits

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Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has released the schedule for the 2023 Stone Industry Education Series. 2023 Stone Industry Education Series: Arizona Stone Summit. 2023 Stone Industry Education Series: Arizona Stone Summit. Tennessee Stone Summit. Nashville, Tenn. Tempe, Ariz. Arizona Tile.

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Portobello Group to add U.S. tile factory

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The planned facility is slated to be approximately 895,000 square feet in size, and is located here roughly 70 miles east of Nashville. market, strategically located in Florida and Tennessee (where the future industrial facility will be located as well as Portobello America’s U.S. headquarters).

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Tile America Collects Over 1,000 Gently-Worn Shoes to Help Soles4Souls Fight Global Poverty in Q2

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Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the organization re-purposes product to supply its micro-enterprise, disaster relief and direct assistance programs. Soles4Souls disrupts the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable jobs and providing relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world.

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Brighter forecast ahead for fall selling season

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The leadership of our state and local officials continues to move small businesses forward in Tennessee. We also benefit by the fact that this place [Franklin, near Nashville] is growing like crazy. But before the industry does its happy dance, there remain issues of concern that could dilute sales over the next few months.

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15 economic takeaways from ITR Economics

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M ore evidence that things are not as bad out there as others might have you believe: The Abbey/ Floors to Go convention in Nashville last week drew near record attendance. Maybe Nashville was a draw. The good news for the flooring industry, being tied into housing and residential remodel, is we are usually first in and first out.

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Economies slowly reopen, retail with them

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When other states started making noise about reopening—first Texas, then Georgia and Tennessee—traffic exploded,” he said. Tim Walz applied to “workers in non-customer-facing industrial and office-based businesses who cannot work from home,” he said. Frazier’s Carpet One Floor & Home in Knoxville, Tenn.,