NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national producer of refinishing products and a kitchen and bath refinishing training company, recently restarted the popular three-day refinishing class with added precautions for Coronavirus safety.

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) recently announced plans for the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in February 2021 are moving forward to include a new omni-experience format.

A Stoke-on-Trent manufacturer has teamed up with NHS Trusts around the UK to create bespoke memorial installations in their hospitals to commemorate the impact of COVID-19 on the country.

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Woody Sanders, president of D.W. Sanders Tile & Stone Contracting, who has pledged to donate $1,000 per month going forward to help CTEF navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic.

In response to the ongoing demand for distance learning, Schluter®-Systems has expanded the series of live, online training programs they launched in the spring.

The Belknap White Group (BWG), one of America’s leading full-service flooring distributors, recently announced the availability of free weekly educational Zoom webinars for its customers.

The Starnet board of directors has elected to cancel the 2020 Starnet Fall Membership Meeting, which was originally scheduled to take place from October 7 to 8, 2020, in Louisville, KY.

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) recently released the results of its modified 2020 Kitchen and Bath Market Outlook, updated to account for dramatic changes in the industry resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.

North America’s construction output is forecast to fall by 6.5% in 2020, with Canada projected to see the steepest decline in output (-7%) owed in part to the collapse in global oil prices, while construction output in the U.S. is projected to decrease by -6.5%, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Following the announcement by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics that construction spending fell by 2.1% in May from a month earlier, Dariana Tani, economist at GlobalData, offers her view on the situation.