Las Vegas, NV, June 30--The Venetian's new 1,013-room Venezia tower, which opened this week, is expected to cut the Strip resort's overhead cost per room by as much as 12 percent, an analyst ...

A growing category in the commercial market for decades, carpet tile has found favor with the architecture and design community due to its willingness to evolve, its style-forward character and ...

Over the decades, various flooring producers have attempted to distribute residential hard surface flooring direct from the factory to specialty flooring retailers, many of them unsuccessfully.

Mohawk Industries is launching a new concept in soft flooring that not only breaks the mold on traditional manufacturing methods but, more importantly, offers retailers and consumers new features ...

The acute healthcare segment is an evolving market with a bevy of flooring needs. Many of these needs are driven by safety—prevention of slips and falls and infection resistance—but protecting ...

Dalton, Ga., Dec. 24--The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Synthetic Turf Council (STC) held the week of December 1st in Orlando, Fla. produced an unexpected result. During these meetings ...

Vancouver, BC, August 26--Ainsworth Lumber Co. has agreed to pay $457.5 million US to buy three wood-panel manufacturing plants and a related power plant in Minnesota from Potlatch Corp.

Kennesaw, GA, June 4-- DuPont Flooring Systems, a division of DuPont Textiles and Interiors, has changed its name to The Invironmentalists. The new name reflects the firm's new market focus on ...

Richard Akel knows what he wants and isn’t afraid to chase it down. The Arkansas-native joined Carpet One as a member in 1994 with virtually no experience in the flooring business, and he ...

Beaulieu of America is passing into the hands of the next generation, as Carl Bouckaert and Mieke Hanssens’ children take the company in new directions. Son-in-law Michael Pollard serves as ...

Los Angeles, CA, April 14--Liz Taylor’s House of Taylor Jewelry is partnering with Kathy Ireland Worldwide, a design and marketing firm with over $1 billion in annual retail sales, according to ...

Washington, DC, November 10--The federal government trimmed proposed tariffs on bedroom furniture imported from China, presenting good news for price conscious shoppers but dealing another blow to ...