Elmer Lynn Hauldren, better known as the inspiration for the carpet-selling Empire Man character, has died at age 89, an Empire Today spokesman announced Wednesday. Empire Today spokeswoman Marlo ...

The advertising copywriter who became the inspiration for the Empire Carpet Man commercials died Tuesday, according to an Empire spokesperson. Lynn Hauldren, 89, became a pop culture figure after ...

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His name may not have been readily recognized, but Elmer Lynn Hauldren's face became known to millions as that of the Empire Man, mascot of the carpet and flooring company Empire Today in nationally ...

Two Chicago area-carpet companies with really catchy commercial jingles may be coming under one ownership umbrella will continue to operate and advertise separately. Empire Carpet -- with the 588-2300 ...

NORTHLAKE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Empire Today®, a leading provider of installed carpet, flooring and blinds and shades, is pleased to have won a Gold Davey Award in the “Commercials-Consumer Products ...