Shaw Industries will close a Dalton factory this spring, as consumers continue to shift away from residential carpet to hardwood and tile flooring. Shaw said 275 workers will lose their jobs at the ...

United Carpets has posted a set of credit crunch-defying profit and sales figures. In an interim trading update, the carpet and floor specialist said like-for-like sales jumped 5 per cent for the ...

A national nonprofit that runs state programs designed to promote recycling of used carpet is trying to prevent more of them from forming. The industry-run group Carpet America Recovery Effort kicked ...