Lowe’s Canada, the Toronto-based division of Lowe’s Companies Inc., recently named Gregor Stuart vice president for supply chain. Stuart is joining a team that is looking to expand the big-box retailer’s presence in Canada. He comes to Lowe’s with more than 25 years of …
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Tractor Supply Company opened new stores and saw increases in sales and income during the second quarter of 2015. The rural lifestyle store chain had net sales of $1.77 billion, an increase of about 12 percent from 2014’s second quarter. Net income …
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This week, The Home Depot announced it is buying Interline Brands, a leading national distributor and direct marketer of broad-line maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products. The big-box retail chain is paying about $1.63 billion in cash in a deal expected …
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RONA Inc., a Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, building materials and home renovation products, has announced plans to buy the 20 franchise stores in its network. The stores include 17 big-box locations and three other stores under the banners RONA, …
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Menards has committed to ending sales of vinyl flooring that contains toxic chemicals called phthalates, following the lead of Lowe’s and Home Depot, which made similar commitments earlier this year. All three companies have agreed to phase out those products …
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This week, Target is unveiling a new project in San Francisco to give consumers a hands-on smart home experience. The Target Open House is part retail space, part lab and part meeting venue for the connected home tech community in San Francisco, according …
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The Home Depot has consistently grown its e-commerce business, doing more than twice as much in sales online as Lowe’s did last year. Forbes offers suggestions for why The Home Depot is outpacing its top competitor in web sales: “(B)etter interconnectedness between …
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To download a PDF of this story, click here. Visit hardwareretailing.com/shoplocal to download the marketing material presented in this story or download holiday-themed signage. It’s a Fact: Shopping at Independent Home Improvement Retailers Builds Stronger Communities By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org Main Street used to serve as the go-to …
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