The editorial team is on the floor at The International Surface Event in Las Vegas this week. Here are a few highlights of what we discovered and experienced on the first day of the show.
Initially, Diamond W will offer three Hallmark collections to its customers in California, Arizona and Nevada and will ultimately be a full-line stocking distributor for the entire Hallmark hardwood portfolio.
Retailers gathered for member-to-member meetings spanning over 45 regions and learning opportunities geared toward ways to drive more customer traffic, marketing and merchandising and new product innovations.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released its NAHB/Westlake Royal Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter, posting a reading of 67, increasing two points compared to the previous quarter.
In a sign that lower mortgage rates continue to boost the housing market, single-family production surpassed the million mark for the second straight month in December.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes climbed seven points to 44 in January, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).