| | | Mar 01, 2018 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Dixie Group Increased Net Sales in Q4 & FY 2017 | | Dalton, GA, March 1, 2018ÂThe Dixie Group reported net sales of $412.5 million for fiscal year 2017, a 3.8% increase as compared to $397.5 million in 2016. For Q4 2017, net sales were $105.1 million, an increase of 2.4% compared to $102.6 million in Q4 2016. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Three Shaw Employees Recognized with STEP Ahead Awards | | Dalton, GA, March 1, 2018ÂThe Manufacturing Institute will award three Shaw employees with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award: Lisa Buice, commercial human resources director; Annie Cowart, client contact center director; and Brooklyn Lynam, process engineer. | | |
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| | | | Construction Spending Flat in January | | Washington, DC, March 1, 2018ÂConstruction spending during January 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,262.8 billion, nearly the same as (±1.0%) the revised December estimate of $1,262.7 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. | | |
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| | | | Personal Income Rose 0.4% in January | | Washington, DC, March 1, 2018ÂPersonal income increased $64.7 billion (0.4%) in January, according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. | | |
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| | | PMI Expanded in February | | Tempe, AZ, March 1, 2018ÂThe February Purchasing ManagerÂs Index (PMI) registered 60.8%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points from the January reading of 59.1%, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. | | |
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| | | Phenix Flooring Joins CarpetsPlus | | Dalton, GA, March 1, 2018ÂPhenix Flooring, a Pharr family company, has joined CarpetsPlus as an approved vendor. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | Bruce Zwicker Discusses Changes in Flooring, Domotex Germany, and Shifting Channel Dynamics | | March 1, 2018—Bruce Zwicker, former CEO with Haines, and Kemp Harr discuss the shifting product channel dynamics in the floorcovering business a | | |
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