| | | Sep 17, 2024 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Builder Confidence Rose to 41 in September | | Washington, DC, September 17, 2024—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 41 in September, up two points from a reading of 39 in August, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | California Carpet Recycling Rate Rose to 41% in Q1 | | Dalton, GA, September 17, 2024—On September 1, CARE submitted the California Carpet Stewardship Program’s 2023 Annual Report to CalRecycle, highlighting a historically high recycling rate among other achievements. | | |
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| | | | Retail Sales Inched Up 0.1% in August | | Washington, DC, September 17, 2024—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2024 were $710.8 billion, an increase of 0.1% from the previous month and up 2.1% from August 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. | | |
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| | | | Industrial Production Rose 0.8% in August | | Washington, DC, September 17, 2024—In August, industrial production rose 0.8% after falling 0.9% in July, according to the Federal Reserve. | | |
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| | | Longshoremen's Contract Expiration May Disrupt East & Gulf Ports | | Hamburg, DE, September 17, 2024-The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), representing more than 85,000 dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S., faces a contract expiration on September 30, 2024. | | |
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| | | Specialty Tile Products Opens Retail Location in Orlando | | Orlando, FL, September 17, 2024—Specialty Tile Products has opened a new retail showroom in the Ivanhoe Design District in Orlando, Florida (1323 Brookhaven Drive). | | |
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| | | Flack's Flooring Opens in Cumming, Georgia | | Cumming, GA, September 17, 2024—Flack's Flooring is now open for business in Cumming, Georgia. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | John Lanier Discusses the Ray Anderson Foundation's Climate Change Initiatives | | September 16, 2024—John Anderson Lanier, Ray Anderson’s Grandson, and Kemp Harr discuss what the Ray Anderson Foundation is focused on to | | |
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