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Make Your Father’s Day With Gift Sales

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Have you thought about how you will attract the interest and spending of customers shopping for Father’s Day gifts? In 2015, consumers spent $13 billion on gifts for dads, according to a National Retail Federation survey. That spending is significantly less than what shoppers …

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A Look Back at the 2016 National Hardware Show

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The 2016 National Hardware Show® offered a busy three days crammed with educational seminars, new products, awards ceremonies and networking opportunities. The event, which is the largest gathering of independent home improvement retailers in the world, was May 4-6 in …

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Lowe’s Canada Proceeds With Expansion Plans

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Lowe’s Canada is growing its presence, and part of that process includes moving into former Target buildings. The first location in an old Target Canada store is slated to open in late summer on Vancouver Island, says Lowe’s Canada spokeswoman Sandy Indig …

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Professional Skills Gap Hurts Housing Market

The housing market has been recovering, but the reason for the increase in the price of homes isn’t all good news. A growing shortage of homebuilders and home improvement professionals due to a major skills gap is delaying building projects, …

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Employee Study Reports Overall Job Satisfaction High

Employees are more satisfied with their jobs now than they have been in the past 10 years, according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The 2016 study, Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement, reports that 88-percent …

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Lowe’s Tries New Social Media Marketing Videos

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Lowe’s has created a series of videos that will turn its customers’ phones upside down—literally. The new “FlipSide” videos from the big box are short videos that simultaneously show what happens when a homeowner does and doesn’t do common household …

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