Hunter Plumbing Products has announced that it will no longer sell to retail customers and its sales reps will be dedicated to serving plumbing wholesalers.

The 2000 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Chicago attracted 40,565 attendees.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Moen in a patent infringement lawsuit against manufacturers of imported bathroom faucets.

Grohe has stopped selling its products to Atlanta-based Apex Supply Co., following the acquisition of Apex by The Home Depot.

Above average satisfaction levels were reported by customers using 13 different models of low-flow toilets in a study conducted by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Maax has signed an agreement to acquire all shares of SaniNova B.V., a Netherlands-based manufacturer of acrylic sanitary products.

Part ownership of the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show and Kitchen & Bath Business magazine are among the properties parent company Miller Freeman is offering for sale.

Eljer Plumbingware has cancelled its booth reservation for the 2000 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show April 7-9 in Chicago to express its support of trade show consolidation.

Wholesalers have a growing array of toilet seats from which to choose, including some with value-added features.

If any doubts remained that the plumbing industry and the Internet would be connected, they should be wiped away now that Seattle-based Amazon.com, an Internet retailer of music, books and videos, has begun to sell plumbing products.