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Lawn and Garden Knowledge

 To download a PDF of this story, click here. To download the Lawn & Garden Selling Guide, visit hardwareretailing.com/food-gardening. For more data on the growth in food gardening click here. Getting Back to the Roots With more consumers growing their own edible gardens consisting of fruits, …

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Food Garden Trends

In the August issue of Hardware Retailing, home improvement stores across the country identified the success they’ve experienced in the lawn and garden category and the ways in which they assist customers in this knowledge-centric category. For further information on the food garden …

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Tractor Supply Company: More Growth in Q2

Tractor Supply Company opened new stores and saw increases in sales and income during the second quarter of 2015. The rural lifestyle store chain had net sales of $1.77 billion, an increase of about 12 percent from 2014’s second quarter. Net income …

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Home Depot To Buy Distributor for $1.6B

This week, The Home Depot announced it is buying Interline Brands, a leading national distributor and direct marketer of broad-line maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products. The big-box retail chain is paying about $1.63 billion in cash in a deal expected …

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Apartment Construction Leads June Housing Starts

decrease in housing permits

The number of U.S. housing starts for the month of June jumped 9.8 percent from the month prior, and construction of multifamily homes drove that growth, according to The Wall Street Journal. The data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing …

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Do Consumers Know You Are Locally Owned?

While many consumers can recognize an independent home improvement store by its small-town feel and top-notch service, many don’t know a business is locally owned and operated if it uses national branding or has multiple locations. Customers may see a …

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