Mohawk's Rewards Plus retailer promotion, which launched this month, was created to address two key retail requests: that points accumulate from multiple promotions, and that promotions include both soft- and hard-surface products.

Experts were fooled once again as sales of new U.S. homes surged unexpectedly in February to their highest level since August, according to a report issued by the U.S. Commerce Department.

The Witex Spring Fling 2004 for retailers, a spring selling incentive that the company is running on the sale of laminate and hardwood products from both the Witex and Laura Ashley branded flooring lines, kicks off April 1.

The second phase of a major modernization was recently begun by Shaw Industries at its Andalusia, Ala., extrusion facility, the largest of Shaw's more than 100 manufacturing plants and distribution centers across the United States, at 1.17 million square feet.

Unilin Flooring, parent company of Quick-Step Inc., announced plans that it will build a 600,000-square-foot laminate flooring manufacturing plant in Thomasville, N.C.

Domco has extended its Extreme Warranty program on selected products and incorporated a color-coded system that identifies each category by its styling direction, its performance features and its pricing.

The MAPEI Group is providing key sponsorship of the World Cup of Skiing Super Finals, which will take place in Sestriere (province of Turin), Italy, March 10 to 14.

Armstrong Holdings Inc. has reported fourth quarter 2003 net sales of $805.8 million that were 7.1 percent higher than fourth quarter net sales of $752.1 million in 2002.

Tarkett Commercial announced today that Hoboken Floors - New England Division, of Stoughton, Mass., has added Tarkett label linoleum and Tarkett label commercial luxury vinyl tile (LVT) to its product offering.

Several former DuPont Flooring Systems executives have launched Inside Edge Commercial Interior Services, a new commercial flooring services company offering a fresh alternative to procurement, installation and maintenance of commercial flooring.