Carpet One Floor and Home members were encouraged to “Own It” at the Gaylord Texan Hotel for their annual winter convention.

Flooring America/Flooring Canada, International Design Guild (IDG), and The Floor Trader convened at Winter conneXtion 2018, held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.

As an eventful 2017 comes to a close, we know that everyone is searching for the trends that will define the world of international design in 2018. Following Cersaie, Ceramics of Italy has gathered the top 10 tile trends that were dominating the booths of exhibitors.

The most recent retail sales figures released by the Census Bureau were up a robust 4.2% year-on-year in July. Every month this year has seen a steady increase in sales over the same period last year.

Recent gains in demand for infill development and other factors associated with community accessibility appear to be moderating.

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes increased five points to a level of 74 in December.

The Trulia Design Panel, Trulia's expert group of interior designers, home stagers and professional organizers, revealed their 2018 home design trend predictions.

Sales of newly built, single-family homes in October rose 6.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 units.

AIA reported a modest uptick in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for October.

According to a recent industry report, hurricane recovery efforts may help reinvigorate national remodeling activity.