| | | Aug 18, 2022 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Dixie Group to Produce SPC in Alabama | | Dalton, GA, August 18, 2022—The Dixie Group will convert its Atmore, Alabama plant into an SPC manufacturing facility. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Existing-Home Sales Declined 5.9% in July | | Washington, DC, August 18, 2022—Total existing-home sales slipped 5.9% from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million in July, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, sales fell 20.2% (6.03 million in July 2021). | | |
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| | | | Construction Costs Declined by 1.3% in July | | Washington, DC, August 18, 2022—The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction fell 1.3% in July, while contractors’ bid prices rose 5.4%, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data. | | |
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| | | | Construction Employment Rose by 7.7 Million in July | | Washington, DC, August 18, 2022—Total construction employment moved up to 7,706,000 in July as both residential and nonresidential construction firms added jobs for the month, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. | | |
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| | | Initial Jobless Claims Declined by 2,000 in Week Ending August 13 | | Washington, DC, August 18, 2022-In the week ending August 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 250,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor. | | |
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| | | Florim Wins 2022 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards | | Clarksville, TN, August 18, 2022-Florim USA was one of nine companies statewide to receive the 2022 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Awards (GESA). The category awarded was for Sustainable Performance. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | Jamann Stepp Discusses the Dixie Group's Plan to Make LVT in Alabama | | August 18, 2022—Jamann Stepp, VP of Hard Surface for the Dixie Group, and Kemp Harr discuss this week’s news that Dixie is converting its | | |
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