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Lowe’s Asks Court to Intervene in Sale of Australian Business

Masters Home Improvement

Woolworths, Lowe’s partner in an Australian home improvement business, found a buyer for part of their failed joint venture. However, the partners aren’t cleanly cutting ties. Lowe’s owns one-third of the joint venture, which includes Masters Home Improvement stores and Home …

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Walmart’s Jet.com Plans to Heat Up E-Commerce Competition

Jet.com

Amazon has a competitor in the house, and its name is Jet.com. To leverage sales from this competition, Walmart recently purchased Jet.com for $3 billion in the most expensive e-commerce acquisition in America. Jet.com Strategizes Growth, Competition With Amazon While Amazon continues climbing the ladder to become …

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How Could You Make Your Main Street Better?

Contest Winner

This year, downtown Lynden in Washington state was the grand prize winner of a contest that celebrates American downtowns. In 2017, your city could be next. Watch for news from Independent We Stand, an organization that exists to support locally owned businesses, about the second-annual America’s Main …

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Homeowners Engage More in Project Research

homeowners

Over the past nine years, homeowners have seen extensive changes to home values as the market worked its way through the Great Recession. Recent research, however, suggests that consumers are once again investing in their homes. Market research firm Consumer …

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Part-Time Job Inspires Family to Get Into Hardware

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For more than 50 years, Jim White, owner of Boyne City Hardware in Boyne City, Michigan, has been working in the hardware industry. And unlike many retailers who grew up in the business, Jim got into the hardware business before his dad …

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HDW Fall Market Focuses on American Veterans

veterans

At the Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. (HDW) 2016 Fall Dealer Market in Little Rock, retailers found good deals on inventory and inspiration for generous giving. HDW Unites Retailers to Support Veterans The market’s theme was “Honoring America’s Veterans,” and attendees donated nearly $18,000 to …

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Giving Generously After Louisiana Flooding

The devastating floodwaters in Louisiana that killed more than a dozen people and heavily damaged thousands of homes and businesses in mid-August inspired a flood of another kind. Residents, businesses, churches and other organizations organized an outpouring of generosity. Home improvement retailers reacted quickly, …

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