Industry News

The Home Depot has added three new direct fulfillment centers in an effort to support its growing online business. Last week, the home improvement retailer opened its third and largest direct fulfillment center to serve its online business, which contributes 5 percent of the …

True Value retailers gathered in the Windy City this past weekend looking for deals, networking opportunities and the chance to win $250,000 in product inventory at the co-op’s Fall Reunion, which ran from Sept. 18-20. The theme of the three-day …

Attendees at the 2015 Fall Blish-Mize Buying Market, held this past weekend in Overland Park, Kansas, got to see several new categories designed to help them diversify their product mix, along with a mobile ordering app they can take back to …

Recently, NRHA asked consumers if they made a greater effort in the past year to buy Made in America products. And 53 percent said yes. In the same survey, 59 percent of those consumers also responded that they made a greater effort to …

A former Family Dollar executive has joined Lowe’s as senior vice president and general merchandising manager for the home improvement company’s seasonal product business. Joceyln Wong will start her position Oct. 12, according to Lowe’s. Wong will report to chief merchandising officer Michael McDermott. …

Independent We Stand is accepting nominations for the organization’s annual Independent Small Business Award, which recognizes outstanding small independent businesses. To get your community home improvement store in the running for the Independent Small Business Award, fill out an application at …

Consumers are paying attention to retailers’ stories and backgrounds. Before making purchasing decisions they are asking questions such as, “Is this store locally owned?” and, “Does it put money into corporate pockets or my community?” In a recent poll, Hardware Retailing …

Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have banned drone flights over private property. For companies like Amazon and Google, this is a major win because both businesses are working toward overall faster product deliveries, and hope to …