Top 20 Wood Floor Business News Stories in 2024

Dec 31, 2024

Top 20 News 2024

What was the top wood flooring news in 2024? WFB compiled the most-read news from 2024, counting down from 20 to No. 1:

20. AHF Products Lays Off 30 Employees

19. Tom Sullivan Fires Back at LL Flooring's Attempt to Keep Him Off Board

18. LL Flooring Announces Which 94 Stores Will Close

17. Firefighters Extinguish Spontaneous Combustion Fire Caused by Stain Rags

16. LL Flooring CEO Charles Tyson Resigns

15. LL Flooring Lost $103 Million in Fiscal 2023

14. McMinnville Manufacturing, Longtime NOFMA Manufacturer, Closes Doors

13. Bankruptcy Court Approves $40 Million LL Flooring Sale to Founder Tom Sullivan

12. LL Flooring Receives Another Takeover Offer—For Less Than Half of Most Recent Offer

11. LL Flooring Finalizes Sale to Founder Tom Sullivan

10. Report: LL Flooring Considers Bankruptcy Filing; Stock Plunges

9. Lifelong Wood Flooring Pro John Pankratz Jr. of Kelly-Goodwin Dies at 63

8. Three Students Taken to Hospital After School 'Resurfaces' Gym Floors

7. Bolivia Seizes Record Amount of Cocaine Hidden in Shipment of Wood Flooring

6. LL Flooring To Close All Stores, Lay Off Nearly 2,000 Employees

5. Ken Hopkins, Horizon Repair Shop Tech, Dies in Traffic Accident

4. LL Flooring Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

3. LL Flooring to Sell to Founder Tom Sullivan in Last-Minute Deal

2. All Lockwood Flooring, Cascade Pacific Locations to Close

1. Subcontractor Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $500K of Flooring

ABC: Construction Backlog Down in January

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ABC: Construction Backlog Down in January

Associated Builders and Contractors’ Construction Backlog Indicator decreased to 8.3 months in February, up 0.2 months since February 2024.

Small Business Optimism Fell 2.1 Points in February

Small business optimism fell 2.1 points in February to 100.7, the National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Optimism Index report found.

Construction Job Openings Increased 15.1% in January

The construction industry had 236,000 job openings on the last day of January, a 31,000 increase from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

WFB Briefs: QEP Donates Sponges to Hurricane, Wildfire Cleanup; Floor & Decor Opens Oregon Store; More

Adhesive manufacturer QEP (Boca Raton, Fla.) donated over 60,000 sponges to the Southern California wildfires and Hurricane Helene and Milton cleanup.

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The International Surface Event 2026 Seeks Presentation Submissions

The International Surface Event is seeking presentation submissions for its 2026 conference Jan. 27–29, 2026, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Hardwood Federation Seeks Feedback on Tariff Impacts

The Hardwood Federation is seeking feedback about how tariffs have impacted companies to bring to meetings with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

Residential Construction Industry Adds 12,700 Jobs in February

The residential construction industry added 12,700 jobs from January to February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Havwoods Acquires Castle Bespoke Flooring

Wood product retailer Havwoods (Carnforth, U.K.) acquired Portland, Ore.-based wood flooring manufacturer Castle Bespoke Flooring.

Trump Pauses Tariffs On Some Canadian, Mexican Imports until April 2

President Donald Trump on March 6 granted a one-month tariff delay until April 2 on all Mexico and Canada products covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement free trade treaty.

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