This issue is one of the most anticipated and celebrated in a year of sterling publications. Floor Covering News, now the undisputed leader in frequency, advertising volume and number of relevant editorial pages, presents its fifth annual Statistics Report—a series of numerical snapshots of our industry’s voyage through 2008. The trip was fraught with pitfalls and peril, rewards were rare and risks were shunned. It was a dismal year for the country and the floor covering industry... more

IMPACT: Many financial experts believe the economic meltdown in 2008 was precipitated in part by the collapse of the housing market. A snapshot of new housing last year, by the U.S. Census Bureau, showed the average single-family house completed had 2,534 square feet, 779 more than... more

DALTON, GA – Four on the management staff of USFloors have achieved accreditation as a LEED AP certified by the Green Building Certification Institute. Those four include... more

LG Hausys Floors, a division of LG Hausys America, Inc., in conjunction with its Midwestern sales organization, E.J. Welch Company, hosted a highly successful hospitality event the first two days of NeoCon 2009. A buffet-style luncheon was offered to members of... more

DALTON, GA – USFloors Inc. has launched new websites for its residential product lines (www.usfloorsllc.com) and its new USF Contract specified commercial line (www.usfcontract.com). USF Contract was launched to... more

2008 flooring industry statistical information for floor covering sales by category, market share, soft and hard surface sales, total volume by category... more

SALEM, NJ – June 30, 2009 -- Mannington Mills’ wood manufacturing operations have been awarded FSC Chain-of-Custody certification. The company will offer an FSC Pure option on selected... more

LG Corp. has announced the realignment of its subsidiaries to strengthen the efficiencies of its internal organizations. Effective April 1, 2009, LG Corp. subsidiary LG CHEM, LTD, has spun-off to create LG Hausys America, Inc., with the newly incorporated company representing the industrial materials division for... more

June 30, 2009: LATICRETE, a global leader in the manufacturing of innovative systems for the installation of tile and stone, provided DeGrella Tile with LATAPOXY® 310 Stone Adhesive to adhere 10’ x 4’ granite slabs over a poured concrete substrate as the base of the Barbaro Memorial Statue at... more

Comprehensive housing statistics from 2005-2008 of the value of residential and nonresidential construction in the U.S... more