HOLLYWOOD, FL -- Manufacturers of store fixtures, point-of-purchase displays and other retail merchandising products participating in the Association of Retail Environments Industry Revenue Trends Survey reported median growth of 9.5% in 2010.

September 28, 2010 - Bob Jones, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., today called on the Senate to move immediately to pass legislation approved by the House that would allow construction loans to be eligible for the new small business lending fund signed into law earlier this week.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Bill Fotsch, Head Coach for The Great Game of Business Inc. of Cincinnati, OH, will deliver the opening keynote speech at the 7th Annual Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo, Feb. 23-25, 2011 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC.

HELSINKI -- Four thousand members of the Wood and Allied Workers' Union reportedly began a strike Friday, October 1, after rejecting a mediation proposal mainly over pay and seniority bonuses.

Senate Letter to EPA on September 27, 2010 -- List of Signers

WASHINGTON – The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) and American Wood Council (AWC) today commended the 41 U.S. Senators who sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson expressing their concerns about the threat to manufacturing jobs posed by EPA’s proposed maximum achievable control technology rule for industrial boilers, commonly referred to as Boiler MACT.

WASHINGTON -- Forty-one U.S. senators sent a letter to Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, protesting the EPA's proposed Boiler MACT rule.

Despite the difficult external conditions, the IKEA Group sales for FY2009* increased by 1.4 % to 21.8 billion Euro.

The controversial Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act goes down in defeat without debate on the U.S. Senate floor.

On September 27, President Obama signed the "Small Business Jobs Act" into law. It includes two of WMMA's top priorities. Unfortunately, both of them are only extended temporarily.