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NEWEST RELEASE

Information Giant wants to make you aware of the 2006 Catalina Report on Resilient Flooring. The U.S. resilient flooring market has experienced stronger growth between 2002 and 2006, however, this market remains one of the slowest growing sectors of the U.S. floor coverings industry. Resilient flooring manufacturers have made efforts to compete with stronger growing hard surface flooring products by introducing luxury vinyl tile and incorporating production technology to create a greater level of realism. These innovations have allowed manufacturers to increase average prices. Average prices have also risen as manufacturers pushed through rising material costs. Stronger price increases and a growing emphasis on higher end products have enabled manufacturers to boost plant profit margins. Catalina Research uncovered these trends in their 152-page report.
Trends in the resilient flooring market and other sectors of the U.S. floor coverings industry are updated quarterly in the new Catalina Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update. This timely research-planning resource provides a quarterly update of the Catalina Report on Floor Coverings, which has become the statistical standard for the floor coverings industry over the past decade. Each Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update analyzes data on overall U.S. industry trends, carpet and area rugs, ceramic tile, wood flooring, resilient flooring, retail floor covering stores, installation contractors, factors driving demand, and company sales and profits. Each issue includes data on U.S manufacturer shipments, imports, exports, product and material price trends, as well as estimates of U.S. sales on a square foot basis. This allows subscribers to track the U.S floor coverings industrys product shipment mix on a quarter-by-quarter basis. In addition, the Quarterly Update allows subscribers to follow trends on retail sales and retailer and installation contractor employment and wages. The Quarterly Update also evaluates factors driving demand including residential and nonresidential construction spending, home building and resales, manufactured housing production, residential remodeling spending, mortgage rates, and personal income.

The Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update is published in September, December, March, and June of each year. This follows the release of the Catalina Report on Floor Coverings published each July. Each issue will be emailed automatically after your subscription is received.

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NEW PARTNER

Information Giant has added The AKTRIN Group as a partner. The AKTRIN Group of Information Centers facilitates the global intelligence needs of three industries: furniture, other primary and secondary wood products, and textiles. Aktrin offers most comprehensive collection of reports, covering all marketing, business and technical aspects of the industrial sectors they serve. Check our catalog of industry studies in order to see the in-depth data and information Aktrin provides.

NEW CATALINA MARKET PROFILES

Catalina Research now offers action-oriented executives quick updates of Market Profiles on a wide range of construction materials and building equipment. Market Profiles include all the valuable industry information usually found in a Catalina Report. Profile sections include data on U.S. manufacturer shipments and imports, end-use markets, distribution channels and exports, factors affecting demand, plant operating ratios and profitability, the competitive environment, and a review of the leading manufacturers and marketers. Summaries point to the pertinent industry trends and leading competitor strategies. A typical Market Profile has 40 to 60 pages and takes about two to three weeks to complete. Delivery is made by e-mail. Costs generally range from $1,595.00 to $1,995.00 for each title. The most recent Market Profiles analyzed Carpet Cushion and Ladder markets. So look over the content matter of these profiles to see the valuable data and information included in each Catalina Market Profile. Then contact Catalina Research to initiate a profile on your market.