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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

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FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. It’s this disruptive strategy that has helped put Cali on the 2022 Industry Disruptors list. Mobile Marketing.

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Flooring STATS 2023: Dollars see gains, volume down

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Such were the main challenges that defined 2022 for civilization in general and the flooring industry in particular. At first, the slowdown seemed less obvious—a possible fluke in GDP data that seemed inconsistent with rapidly rising employment and growing industrial output. Russia is the largest exporter of fossil fuels in the world.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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Higher global demand for hardwood cores is driving up the cost of lumber, suppliers report. Turns out the segment—and the industry by and large—would fare well as consumers and homeowners spent more time inside and more of their disposable income on flooring and other home improvement projects. year-over-year in February 2022.

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Wood: State of the Industry 2023

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Take, for instance, the hurdle the industry had to face when suppliers around the globe had to scramble for alternatives to Baltic birch following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At Mercier we are still using Baltic birch, although we were able to source it outside of Russia,” said Wade Bondrowski, director of U.S.

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NWFA Expo: Strong turnout reflects optimism amid challenges

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—Proof that the North American hardwood flooring industry is not only surviving but thriving in the face of immense change was readily evident at the 36th National Wood Flooring Association ( NWFA Expo 2022 ) convention held here last month. Other exhibitors reported similar experiences. “We Now we’re back better than ever.

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Russian Construction Industry Expected to Record 7.36% CAGR over 2014-2018

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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Construction in Russia - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018" report to their offering. The Russian construction industry recorded a.'

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Supply chain: Disruptions ease, issues remain

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The Russia/Ukraine conflict continues to put pressure on shipments from the rest of world. based Tri-West, a top 20 distributor, reported that Asian factories experienced a lead-time change from seven to nine months during most of 2020 and 2021 to three to four months in early 2022. In addition, there remains issues domestically.”.

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