Ace Hardware Corporation hired Karen Fedyszyn as Vice President of Information Technology (IT) and Chief Information Officer. Reporting to Ace’s Chief Financial Officer, Fedyszyn will help the company drive strategic technology and systems management for Ace to shape business functions and …

Ace Hardware elected a new chairman and two new board members this week. The Ace Hardware board of directors elected its new chairman, Jim Ackroyd, chief executive officer of Vision Ace Hardware, an 11-store chain in southwest Florida. Ackroyd was …

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 …

HERO (I.C.T.C. Holdings Corporation) appointed Terry Newton as Sr. VP Global Sales – Key Accounts. Newton has been involved in the delivery of custom color, most recently with X-Rite as Vice-President, Sales & Business Development, and Carlos de Melo to …

Ace and OPI have teamed up for a first-ever relationship of its kind. No, we’re not talking about outdoor power equipment, we’re talking about OPI, the premier professional nail lacquer brand. Ace and OPI have teamed up to bring OPI’s most popular …

May marks one of the best four-month stretches of job creation since the late 1990s, renewing optimism about the five-year-long recovery. According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, non-farm employment advanced a seasonally adjusted 217,000 in May, …

Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to increase 7.5 percent in June as retailers bring unusually high quantities of merchandise into the country early to avoid any potential disruptions after the labor contract with West Coast dockworkers …