Industry News

With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the National Association of Home Builders’ …

It’s time again to register for the 39th annual International Hardware Fair Cologne. Why an international show? The show is considered one of the leading international events in the home improvement industry. In fact, in 2012 more than 50,000 attendees from132 …

The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate now goes into effect Jan. 1, 2015, giving employers more time to consider their options before making a decision on their employee health care coverage. But with so many options to consider, where do you even begin? The delay is certainly …

The time comes once, if not twice, a year when you return from your wholesaler or co-op’s market and you have a decision to make. To do or not to do? The pile of market materials has found its way …

Ian and Tara McNaughton, the dealer-owners of Gravenhurst Home Hardware, were awarded the 12th annual Paul Straus Public Relations Award during Home Hardware’s fall Shareholders’ Meeting in St. Jacobs, Ontario last week. Gravenhurst Home Hardware was recognized for its dedication …

Home Depot is accelerating the national rollout of its online referral service Redbeacon to tap demand from homeowners who don’t want to do fix-it projects themselves, Bloomberg reported last week. Redbeacon, which connects consumers with painters, plumbers, carpenters and maids, …

Federal investigators raided the offices of Lumber Liquidators on Thursday and sealed search warrants were executed at the company’s corporate offices in Toano and Richmond, Va., by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Fish …

Major changes are bearing down on plumbers, electricians and consumers as plumbing fixtures and light bulbs will soon have to meet new government-mandated environmental requirements, say product managers with House-Hasson Hardware. House-Hasson is working with its 2,000 hardware store and …