Building Material Holding Company is buying the assets and operations of VNS Corporation, one of the largest building material and service providers in the southeast. BMC, which is headquartered in Atlanta, is a leading provider of building materials and construction …
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The Newest Color? Minion Yellow
There’s a new color ready to jump from the movie theater screen onto products available for purchase. It’s called Minion Yellow. The Pantone Color Institute® recently released Minion Yellow, which is the first new color coming from the company in three years. Pantone is known …
Read More »Sales and Income Up for Tractor Supply Co.
Tractor Supply Co. experienced year-over-year increases in sales and income for its first quarter of 2015. Net sales were $1.33 billion, an increase of nearly 13 percent over first-quarter 2014. The company’s net income grew by approximately 19 percent, reaching …
Read More »A Party in the Parking Lot: What You Need to Know About Tailgating
In locations as diverse as Lambeau Field in Wisconsin and Texas A&M, NFL and collegiate tailgating has burgeoned in popularity. For the past years, $20 billion was a figure a majority of industry observers, such as the Tailgating Industry Association, …
Read More »Do it Best Offers Scholarships to NRHA Training Program
The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is pleased to announce that Do it Best Corp., headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will be sponsoring two scholarships to help Do it Best member-owners participate in NRHA’s Retail Management Certification Program. The …
Read More »Amazon Sells Home Improvement Services
Amazon doesn’t just sell products anymore. The online marketplace has branched out and now sells services, including electrical and plumbing work, home repairs and gutter cleaning. “Amazon Home Services features handpicked pros offering upfront pricing on pre-packaged services with helpful reviews from customers that …
Read More »Lumber Liquidators Hit With Class-Action Lawsuits
Lumber Liquidators is facing a blitz of lawsuits related to accusations that some of the company’s laminated flooring contains unsafe quantities of formaldehyde. CBS reported March 1 that the flooring company sold laminate flooring with higher levels of formaldehyde than permitted by California’s …
Read More »Amazon Now Testing Drones for Home Delivery
Amazon has finally been given the green light from U.S. federal regulators to test delivery drone outdoors, an initiative that was at a standstill earlier this year. According to a Reuters article, the Federal Aviation Administration had given approval to an Amazon …
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