Building Blocks

While the residential flooring market has been soft, Main Street has held its own, with [...]

Construction Industry Effort to Attract Younger Workers Mixed

According to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS), the median age of construction labor force [...]

Home Prices Rose 1.5% Annually in August, Says Case-Shiller

The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.5% annual gain [...]

RFCI Fall Meeting & Tile Solutions Plus Both Underway in Arizona

Two flooring industry meetings are underway.

Tile Shop Holdings to Delist from NASDAQ

On October 6, Tile Shop Holdings announced plans to deregister with the SEC and delist [...]

Tarkett Revenue Down 1.6% in Q3, North America Sales Down 4.9%.

Tarkett reported Q3 2025 organic revenue declined 1.6% to $1.158 billion compared $1.165 to Q3 [...]

Hotel Construction Pipeline Virtually Unchanged in Q3

According to the Q3 2025 U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), [...]

NTCA Names Inaugural Tech Committee Impact Award Recipients

The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) has introduced a new award, the NTCA Technical Committee [...]

Consumer Sentiment Declined 2.7% to 53.6 in October

Consumer sentiment declined 2.7% to 53.6 in October, reports the University of Michigan Survey of [...]

Inflation Rose to 3% in September, Up 0.3% from August

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted [...]