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Consumers need to understand the impact of buying products through Amazon rather than local businesses, such as independent home improvement retailers. Here’s a way to educate your customers. The Advocates for Independent Business created an infographic that shows the difference consumers make on …

Two big boxes and two of the major home improvement cooperatives released third-quarter results last week, and sales were up across the board. Read the following articles for details on the financial performance of each of these home improvement businesses: Ace Hardware …

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., saw sales increases for the third quarter of 2015, and expects to end the fiscal year on a growth pattern. In quarter three, the company’s sales grew to $14.4 billion, an increase of 5 percent over the same period a year …

The Home Depot today reported sales increases in the third quarter and expectations of overall sales growth for fiscal year 2015. The quarter’s $21.8 billion in sales represented a 6.4 percent rise compared to the same period in 2014. In addition, comparable store sales in …

The lumber starts out as timber in Russian forests, where endangered tigers and leopards live – then the wood is stolen, taken to China and sold to Western companies that make furniture and flooring. Companies such as Lumber Liquidators, the flooring discounter headquartered in …

Many retailers are looking for new, creative ways to engage today’s millennial customers online. Moving beyond basic Facebook and Twitter use, companies are finding platforms that consumers may already use to attract a new audience for their products and services. Lowe’s has taken …

After about nine months of public scrutiny and a leadership overhaul, Lumber Liquidators has named a new CEO to lead a company turnaround. The new CEO, John Presley, was chairman of the lumber discounter’s board of directors and will remain a …

Lowe’s plans to change space travel with its latest tech project—and that’s not a far-off fantasy. The giant retailer is slated to launch a commercial 3-D printer to the International Space Station in early 2016, taking manufacturing off the Earth. The goal …