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Home Depot’s vision of interconnected retail continues to develop. While the retailer continues to its brick-and-mortar presence, it continues to grow its virtual assets to better optimize new technology and new shopping behaviors. With the launch of direct-to-consumer shipping, Home Depot’s online business grew by more …

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. announced that Paul D. Ramsay was promoted to chief information officer (CIO), effective immediately. He has been serving as acting CIO since March. Ramsay will report to Richard D. Maltsbarger, who has been appointed chief development officer. Maltsbarger …

To say that Wal-Mart and Amazon have created a one-two power punch that fundamentally has reshaped the retail industry is part understatement and part duh. Wal-Mart has become the dominant bricks-and-mortar player, while Amazon is king online. Each has critics …

A recent T.V. ad for Lowe’s is coming under attack by a special interest group, saying the ad promotes a negative image of fathers. The Lowe’s commercial titled, “Valspar Reserve: Video Call” has come under fire by a Canadian group called …

The U.S. housing market has unquestionably had a weak start to the year, and there is no shortage of top-down analysis on where the market is headed. Analyzing the macro-economic climate is one thing, but investors can also get a …

“Sears is undergoing a significant transformation, and we fundamentally are changing the way we do business,” says Edward S. Lampert, Sears Holdings’ chairman and CEO in a company release. “Our performance in the first quarter highlights the challenges we are facing …

Sears recently introduced  Connected Solutions, experiential shops that bring together assortments of smart, connected home and personal automation products. For example, a customer could program his garage door opener to be notified by text when the door is open and closed. Could …