Home Hardware CEO Terry Davis was recently featured in the publication Globe and Mail. According to the article, Davis got his start at Home Hardware Stores Ltd. 44 years ago as a warehouse stock picker – a 19-year-old, long-haired hippie fresh …
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Pro Group Hands Out Honors
Hardware retailing is a tough business, but a few independent retailers are seeing plenty of success. They’re being honored by the Denver-based PRO Group with its annual Paul L. Cosgrave Memorial and PRO Hardware Retailer of the Year awards. This …
Read More »Home Depot Security Gets Hacked
Home Depot CEO Frank Blake addressed the company’s possible credit card breach for the first time today, although he refused to confirm wether an actual breach officially occurred. At an investor conference, he said the do-it-yourself retailer learned about the potential breach …
Read More »Home Depot Partners with Yardi to Serve Property Owners and Managers
A recent partnership between the Home Depot and Yardi, a real estate investment software company, now offer Yardi clients easy access to The Home Depot product line in store or online. According to an article by marketwatch.com, the Yardi Procure …
Read More »Spoga+Gafa: The Place for the Latest Gardening Trends and Tools
Last year, global retail gardening sales reached $88 billion, according to marketing research company Euromonitor International. And more than with one-third of those total sales in the United States. As those numbers show, gardening is a popular hobby, and one …
Read More »Plenty of Outdoor Living Products on Display at Spoga+Gafa
Many homeowners have taken indoor living outside, adding high-quality furniture, deluxe grills, full outdoor kitchens and more in their backyards. And spoga+gafa, the world’s largest lawn, garden and outdoor living trade fair, which runs through tomorrow in Cologne, Germany, is …
Read More »Attendees From Around the World Visit Spoga+Gafa Lawn & Garden Show
Patio furniture, outdoor tools, grills and more are all on display at spoga+gafa, the world’s largest lawn, garden and outdoor living trade fair, which opened today in Cologne, Germany. Visitors from more than 50 countries gathered at the show, which …
Read More »Lowe’s Hit with False Advertising Suit
Lowe’s has been ordered to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging inaccurate and misleading advertising. According to Marin News, the settlement, ordered by Marin Superior Court Judge Paul M. Haakenson, is the culmination of a civil enforcement action …
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