Floor & Decor, a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring, will expand its nationwide footprint when it opens the doors to its newest location in Cumming, Georgia on May 5, 2022. This opening marks the eighth store in the Atlanta market. The 67,000 square-foot Floor & Decor warehouse store and design center will open with […]
Mortgage Applications Decrease in April 27th MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications decreased 8.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (“MBA”) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 22, 2022. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 8.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted […]
Canfor Implementing Plan to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
Building on our comprehensive sustainability strategy announced in October 2021, Canfor Corporation (“Canfor”) is announcing the implementation of a comprehensive plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To achieve net-zero, Canfor has developed near term science-based targets that include reducing the carbon emissions from pulp and wood products operations, which are defined as Scope […]
PPG to Debut PPG ENVIROCRON P8 Series Anti-GraffitiCoating at PaintExpo 2022
PPG announced that it will introduce PPG ENVIROCRON™ P8 Series Anti-Graffiti coating at PaintExpo 2022, April 26-29 at the Exhibition Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany. The breakthrough product is a hybrid powder coating that stands up to the harshest cleaners and chemicals and is designed to leave no trace of surface damage or graffiti residues. Since it […]
Blue Book Members: Use Automatic Updating Service for Alerts
Last week, we discussed how easy it is for Members to set up a Watchdog Group within Blue Book Online Services (“BBOS”). Now, let’s find out how you can use the Automatic Updating Service Watchdog Group, to monitor your key accounts and receive alerts. Every Blue Book Online user has an Automatic Update Service (AUS) […]
NVR, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results
NVR, Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announced net income for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022 of $426.1 million, or $116.56 per diluted share. Net income and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 increased 71% and 84%, respectively, when compared to 2021 […]
Graphic Packaging Holding Company Reports Strong First Quarter 2022 Results
Graphic Packaging Holding Company, (the “Company”), a leading provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies, today reported Net Income for first quarter 2022 of $107 million, or $0.35 per share, based upon 309.7 million weighted average diluted shares. This compares to first quarter 2021 Net Income of […]
Allegion Reports First-Quarter 2022 Financial Results, Raises Full-Year 2022 Revenue Outlook, Reaffirms Full-Year 2022 EPS Outlook
First-quarter 2022 net earnings per share (EPS) of $1.05, compared with 2021 EPS of $1.18; First-quarter 2022 adjusted EPS of $1.07, down 10.8 percent compared with 2021 adjusted EPS of $1.20 First-quarter 2022 revenues of $723.6 million, up 4.2 percent on a reported basis and up 6.4 percent on an organic basis First-quarter 2022 operating margin of 16.2 percent, compared […]
Floor & Decor Launches the Grand Opening of Its Tinley Park, Illinois Store on May 3, 2022
Floor & Decor , a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring, will expand its nationwide footprint when it opens the doors to its newest location in Tinley Park, Illinois on May 3, 2022. This opening marks the 10th warehouse store in the Chicago market. The 70,000 square-foot Floor & Decor warehouse store and design center […]
L&W Supply Acquires DWS Building Supply
L&W Supply Corporation, a leading distributor of top-quality building materials and specialty products in the United States, announced today that it has acquired the assets of DWS Building Supply with two locations in El Paso, Texas, and one in Las Cruces, New Mexico. By acquiring DWS Building Supply, L&W Supply will increase its team of […]