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Todd McDonald (center) teaches at an NWFA school in St. Louis in December 2000.

Todd McDonald Named NWFA Technical Support and Training Manager

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Think Like A Brand: Why Your Flooring Business Needs A Real Identity

Stiles Machinery Announces Distribution Agreement with Mereen-Johnson

Kährs Q2 Sales Up as North American Sales Remain Slow

Home Prices Rise 1.5% in June, Still Trail Inflation

Todd McDonald Named NWFA Technical Support and Training Manager

The National Wood Flooring Association appointed Todd McDonald technical support and training manager, a role in which he will provide technical assistance, educational support and manage NWFA/NOFMA mill inspections.

Todd McDonald (center) teaches at an NWFA school in St. Louis in December 2000.

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Stiles Machinery Announces Distribution Agreement with Mereen-Johnson

Stiles Machinery (Grand Rapids, Mich.) announced a distribution agreement with Mereen-Johnson (Minneapolis), a manufacturer of American-made industrial rip saws, that will expand the ripping solutions available to manufacturers across North America.

Kährs Q2 Sales Up as North American Sales Remain Slow

Kährs Group (Malmö, Sweden) reported second-quarter net sales of SEK 552 million (USD 57.9 million), up 9% year-over-year, with currency-adjusted organic growth of 8%. The gains were driven by strong performance across Europe, while the North American market conditions remained challenging.

Home Prices Rise 1.5% in June, Still Trail Inflation

The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index posted a 1.5% annual gain in June, up from a 1.2% rise in May, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Even so, June marked the 13th consecutive month that U.S. home values fell in real terms, with inflation at 3.5%.

New Home Sales Fall to Slowest Pace Since January

Sales of newly built single-family homes dropped 10.5% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000, the slowest pace since January and 6.3% below a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Bona Names Christer Wahlquist President and CEO

Bona (Malmö, Sweden) has named Christer Wahlquist its president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2027.

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Shaper Tools Moves Into Festool Portfolio

Power tool manufacturer TTS Group (Wendlingen, Germany) announced that Shaper Tools’ (San Francisco) product lineup will officially move into the Festool (Lebanon, Ind.) portfolio beginning 2027.

Custom Home Building Down From Last Year’s High

There were 49,000 custom home building starts in the second quarter of 2026, a 9% decrease from the same quarter last year—a three-year high for quarterly volume—according to a National Association of Home Builders analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey.

FinCEN Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule permanently removing the Corporate Transparency Act's requirement that U.S. companies report beneficial ownership information.

Report: Pro Customers Fueled Q2 Floor Heating Sales Growth

Floor heating sales revenue climbed 14.3% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, with professional customers driving much of the increase, according to the Q2 2026 Industry Report from WarmlyYours (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

Schönox To Host CEU Seminars

Schönox, a Sika brand, will host several continuing education units for flooring professionals throughout the rest of the year.

Pro Sales Lift Lowe's Q2 Sales

Lowe's Companies Inc. (Mooresville, N.C.) posted a 0.2% increase in comparable sales for the quarter ended July 31, as strength in pro and home services sales and a 15.7% jump in online sales outweighed continued softness in DIY spending.

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