by Jacob Musselman | Oct 17, 2024 | Industry News, Trends & Products
During the third quarter of 2024, PPG reported $4,575 million in sales, a 1% increase year over year. Net income during Q3 hit $468 million, jumping 10% from Q3 2023, when it was $426 million. Total sales volume also increase 2% year over year. “We delivered...
by Jacob Musselman | Oct 17, 2024 | Industry News, Trends & Products
A mix of heathered plum and velvety browns, Cinnamon Slate 2113-40 is Benjamin Moore’s 2025 Color of the Year. “As the use of more saturated color in design has increased in recent years, we are seeing a growing interest in more nuanced colors, whose undertones...
by Jacob Musselman | Oct 15, 2024 | Industry News
The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts between 2.5% and 3.5% growth in holiday spending from 2023, equating to between $979.5 billion and $989 billion in total holiday spending in November and December of 2024. “The economy remains fundamentally healthy and...
by Jacob Musselman | Oct 4, 2024 | Industry News
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has agreed to suspend the three-day strike along the East Coast until Jan. 15 in order to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union agreed to the suspension after it reached a tentative agreement on...
by Jacob Musselman | Oct 3, 2024 | Industry News
Early Tuesday morning, U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers began their first large-scale strike in over 50 years, stopping the flow of half of the country’s ocean shipping after negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)...
