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PRO Hardware Recognizes Outstanding Retailers

PRO Hardware Recognizes Outstanding Retailers - Feature

PRO Hardware, Inc. recently honored a group of home improvement retailers with the distributor’s annual Paul L. Cosgrave Memorial and PRO Hardware Retailer of the Year awards. This year PRO recognized Kraus Department Store and PRO Hardware of Erie, Pa., …

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Mexican Regulators Vote Down Sherwin-Williams Acquisition

Sherwin-Williams Co. said a Mexican antitrust agency voted to reject the company’s acquisition of Consorcio Comex. The Federal Competition Commission of Mexico voted 3-2 not to authorize the deal. Sherwin-Williams said it is reviewing the rationale for the Commission’s decision. …

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Liquidation Sales Start at 8 Orchard Supply Hardware Stores

Orchard Supply Hardware

Great American Group, a provider of asset disposition and auction services, is managing store closing sales at eight Orchard Supply Hardware locations. Liquidation sales will be held at Citrus Heights, Fairfield, Huntington Beach, Lone Tree, Long Beach, Midtown, Newark and …

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28,000 Retail Jobs Added in June

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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose in June by 195,000, and the unemployment rate was unchanged from May at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of unemployed persons, at 11.8 million, was also unchanged in June. …

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