BOB TIMBERLAKE INC. President Jim Slagle didn’t think the artist’s company would have a problem finding a new home for its area rugs once Shaw Living pulled out of the category, releasing Timberlake ...

It sold the so-called Oriental rug to America’s middle class. But after nearly a century, the Karastan factory is shutting down. Call of the carpet: the original 717 shows its lush ...

Mohawk is underway with aggressive plans to expand the product offering and customer reach of its top-shelf Karastan brand by spring 2020. And come the end of October, the company expects to finalize ...

Sounds change with the seasons, but this spring, among the usual mix of bird song and lawn mowers, there are notable silences in this town of 15,000 people. First, the mill whistle that used to signal ...