Joseph Lundgren Consulting ABI June Indicators
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) score was 47.3 for June. Although the score improved [...]
2025 Sales Slide Further Down
U.S. floor coverings industry sales continued to decline in 2025 for the third consecutive year. [...]
Trump Imposes 50% Tariff on Certain Canadian Goods
The U.S. is imposing additional 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods in [...]
Presidential Action Results in Lower Tariffs on Ceramic Tile Imported Into The US From the European Union, Higher Tariffs on Tile From Turkey, Brazil
This is to provide you with an update on Presidential action on US tariffs that [...]
Catalina Releases Floor Coverings Quarterly Update
U.S. floor coverings manufacturer sales declined sharply in the first half of 2026 as consumers [...]
CMC Flooring Explains How Temp & Humidity Swings Impact Flooring
After weeks of record-challenging heat gave way to a surge of monsoon moisture across Colorado’s [...]
Orders for Manufactured Goods Rose 0.3% in June
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up three of the last four months, [...]
Dallas Leads Hotel Construction Pipeline in Q2
According to the recent Q2 2026 United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics [...]
The Big Picture
In addition to leadership training and team building exercises, the World Floor Covering Association’s (WFCA) [...]
The State of the Nation’s Housing
For the past four decades, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies has published an annual [...]