This year, nearly 85 precent of all independent home improvement retailers say they plan on adding new products to their stores and a full 66 percent say they plan to add or expand entire categories as ways to grow topline sales and …
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Deals, Savings and More at World and Main Fall Market
The World and Main Houston Fall Buying Market will be held July 28–30 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Along with discounts of as much as 75 percent, along with market buys and cash spiffs available only …
Read More »New Lowe’s TV Series to Feature DIY Blogger
As more consumers head online to stream television shows and watch video clips, Lowe’s is making sure to get in on the action. The big box retailer has a new streaming show, called The Weekender, which is a 10-part original series …
Read More »My Business Is Liable for What?
Business owners often struggle to protect their enterprises against a wide range of employment-related issues, such as employee discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation. Finding the right balance between effective risk management and affordable employment practices liability insurance is more …
Read More »Hardware Stores Support Officers After Dallas Sniping
When a sniper shot 12 police officers, killing five, at a protest July 7 in Dallas, the community’s reaction was horror. And solidarity. “Everybody was just so moved that everybody wanted to know, ‘What can we do?'” Andrea Ridout, owner of Gecko …
Read More »Lowe’s App to Offer 3-D Planning Aids via Phone
When consumers head to Lowe’s in the future, they’ll have a better chance of mapping out their homes and making sure products they buy fit just right. Through Lowe’s Vision, an app using Google’s 3-D smartphone platform Tango, users will be able …
Read More »Is Amazon on Its Way to Becoming the Biggest U.S. Company?
Amazon has grown to a stock market value that places it among the top 10 biggest companies in the U.S., and is on its way from No. 6 in size toward No. 1, according to a recent report. The retailer has …
Read More »All U.S. Walmart Stores Now Accept Payments via Smartphone
Walmart announced this month that customers at all 4,600 of its retail stores in the U.S. can now use Walmart Pay to pay for in-store purchases with their smartphones. Walmart began testing the mobile payment platform at stores starting in December. Walmart Pay is part …
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