Empire Today, the Northlake-based flooring company best known for its incessantly aired TV jingle, has been sold to private equity firm H.I.G. Capital for an undisclosed amount. The only number known ...

Recently deceased Empire Carpet spokesman Elmer Lynn Hauldren is officially IMMORTAL -- because TMZ has learned, Empire Carpet is adamant about continuing to use his image in their TV ads. A rep for ...

Lynn Hauldren, 89, the advertising copywriter who became the inspiration for the Empire Carpet Man in the 1970s and helped launch the company’s signature jingle into national recognition, died Tuesday ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Empire carpet company has bought its rival, Luna Carpet, but neither company is going away anytime soon. As WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty reports, fans of the companies' catchy ...

Two well-known Chicago flooring supply stores will now be under one organization. Empire Today LLC., finalized a deal to buy out rival Luna last week. In a statement from a spokesperson for Empire, no ...

In honor of this article about Empire Carpet keeping their iconic jingle, Nick Digilio and listeners discuss some of the catchiest of all time. [audio http://serve ...