December 30, 2025—Bruce Zwicker, a Flooring Industry Consultant, and Kemp Harr discuss current market conditions as we enter ...

With regard to commercial construction, architecture billings remained depressed in 2025, never once entering positive ...

Saluda, SC, Oct. 14--Textile maker Milliken and Co. says it will close two plants and cut roughly 240 jobs--a major blow to a textile stalwart that's been in the forefront of trying to protect the ...

Atlanta, GA, Dec. 3--Recurrent rumors resurfaced Tuesday that Home Depot is interested in acquiring London-based home improvement retailer Kingfisher PLC, and the speculation fueled a rise in ...

Wichita, KS & Wilmington, DE, Apr. 30--DuPont and subsidiaries of Koch Industries, Inc. have finalized the sale of Invista, formerly DuPont Textiles & Interiors, for $4.2 billion, including the ...

Frankenthal/Lenham, Germany, November 30--Tarkett AG has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Marley Floors from ETEX Group SA, Belgium. The Tarkett Group is active worldwide in the ...

Linwood, PA, May 5--Foamex International Inc. announced that it is reorganizing its management and business unit structure. The Company has combined its Technical Products and Foam Products groups to ...

Dalton, GA, February 17--US Floors bought Natural Cork and is now operating under the brand names Natural Floors and Natural Cork. Piet Dossche, owner of US Floors, is now the CEO of the combined ...

Lancaster, PA, August 27--As Armstrong World Industries waits for a new federal judge to decide whether it can emerge from bankruptcy, the company wants its plan for emerging to remain the only one ...

When a person walks into a space, the first material they usually come in contact with and experience is the floorcovering. Flooring sets the tone and is the foundation of a well-balanced interior ...

In 1898, the Ohio Pail Company, which would later become Johnsonite, started manufacturing wooden dairy pails in the Amish town of Middlefield, Ohio. As the company progressed, it shifted its focus to ...

All of us eventually fail at something. It is part of the human experience. The fact is, we learn best by failure. Year after year, even the best and brightest of us eventually do really dumb things.