DALTON—Diversified Flooring of Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., a recently certified Evergreen dealer, has a new, environmentally focused marketing approach based on Shaw Industries’ recycling program... more

By Melissa McGuire

NEW YORK—Mohawk Industries recently teamed with popular lifestyle and decorating magazine Country Living and New World Home, a producer of sustainable, historically inspired modular homes, to help create a line of green homes that are currently pursuing LEED certification. The collection offers... more

The Retail Floorcovering Institute (RFI) held a meeting in New York City in September of 1987 and it endorsed, recommended and supported dealer participation at all markets. All market centers were represented at the meeting, which participants hoped would keep... more

By Steven Feldman

HICKSVILLE, N.Y.—Brazilian hardwood flooring manufacturer IndusParquet, which had been supplying the United States market with its exotics portfolio for the past 20 years through a private-label arrangement with BR-111, will now service dealers directly through many of... more

By Steven Feldman

After more than six years, a district court has approved Congoleum’s reorganization plan, paving the way for the company to emerge from bankruptcy. In the order signed June 7, Judge Joel Pisano of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey stated the plan was supported by... more

As of April 22, 2010 all contractors working in a house built in 1978 or before must be aware there is a chance it contains lead paint. The EPA has accredited training firms teaching an 8-hour class on how contractors are to handle renovations that disturb lead paint. The class is broken down into... more

Mannington has a policy whereby retailers must purchase sample updates in order to receive credit and rebates on the purchases of products made off those samples... more

This photo was sent in by Howard Gottesman, who wrote: “I just found this picture taken at my first job, which was with Empire Carpet Corp. It was circa 1975 and the company was honoring a retiring salesman.” Seated, from left, is Walter Charchalis, vice president; Marjorie something; Frank Hoylman Jr., president... more

NEW YORK—Soaring 42 stories above Lower Manhattan’s 75 Wall Street is being called the modern-day gateway to the city’s famed Financial District. Wherever a resident or visitor walks on carpet or an area rug, they will have Nourison to thank, as it was... more

Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., was the backdrop for the launch of the first-in-the-nation, non-profit Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII), which featured academic, business, government and environmental leaders, including... more