This week, Newell Rubbermaid announced it will acquire Jarden Corp., the company known for popular consumer goods from brands such as Crock-Pot and Coleman, for $15.4 billion, according to USA Today. Rubbermaid, which produces products like Sharpie, Paper Mate and Irwin, is buying Jarden …
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House-Hasson Adopts Paperless Payments
House-Hasson Hardware is moving to stop issuing checks, invoices, and statements to its vendors and dealers. Not in the mail, anyway. “We’re phasing in a program we call ‘go green’ through the balance of 2015 to make all payments electronically …
Read More »True Value Announces Spring Reunion Speaker
True Value Company has announced that Marcus Lemonis, host of CNBC’s hit show “The Profit,” will give the keynote address at the opening of the company’s three-day 2016 Spring Reunion. Lemonis will speak Feb. 18 before the True Value Reunion, which runs Feb. …
Read More »Home Depot Alters Focus for Changing Baby Boomer Habits
The baby boomer generation is shifting from planning DIY jobs to hiring professionals to do projects for them, and The Home Depot is taking note and shifting gears, as well. The big-box retailer is paying attention to its largest customer base, and at a …
Read More »Walmart Pay Is the Latest Mobile Payment Option
Walmart has introduced its own mobile payment platform, Walmart Pay, which allows shoppers to use QR codes to check out at cash registers and make digital payments. Walmart Pay is the newest feature incorporated into the retailer’s app, which has 22 …
Read More »PRO Group Announces Lancaster as Member
This week, PRO Group, Inc. announced that Lancaster will join PRO Group as its newest distributor member effective Jan. 1. PRO Group and Lancaster are excited about the opportunities this relationship will bring to both organizations. Over the coming months, PRO Group will be …
Read More »Bosch Unveils New Smart Home Subsidiary
German manufacturer Bosch is making smart-home technology a top priority. Beginning on Jan. 1, the newly founded subsidiary Robert Bosch Smart Home GmbH will bring together the company’s smart home activities. The company will create a single mobile application that …
Read More »Big-Box Retailers Settle on Data Breaches
For big-box retailers Target and Home Depot, their widely publicized data breaches continue to be a topic of discussion, and both are coming to agreements to pay for the costly hacks to consumers’ information. Target will pay about $39 million to …
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