Orgill, Inc. just wrapped up its Fall Dealer Market which ran from Aug. 14-16 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center. The event spanned 865,000 square feet—making it the largest show floor in Orgill’s history. In addition to its typical market-only …
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State of Retailing Online Report Reveals New Data
Change is inevitable and while for retailers, change can be exciting, nailing the basics like search engine optimization and e-mail marketing can be overwhelming. But Shop.org’s recent The State of Retailing Online 2014 Report shows why its more important that …
Read More »Carr’s Hardware Honored with First-Ever Recognition
Carr’s Hardware and owner Darlene Scott have been honor with the Marysville Historical Society’s first-ever certificate of recognition. According to local newspaper the Marysville Goble, Marysville’s Historical Society President Ken Cage moved to town in 1965, the same year that …
Read More »Wastequip Announces New Vice President Position for its Toter Brand
With a strong focus on growing the retail business for its iconic Toter® brand, Wastequip® recently added a new position at its corporate headquarters. Andrew Bardsley has joined the Toter team as its first Vice President of the newly formed …
Read More »A Segmented Real Estate Market
Despite the hopes of many, the real estate marketplace has not returned to the era of rising prices and expanding home sales. The certainty that once powered real estate sales, the view that real estate was a sure and certain …
Read More »How Much New Home Construction is Needed?
The top U.S. association for Realtors and that for home builders agree more home construction is needed to keep pace with job growth. What they don’t agree on is how much. The National Association of Realtors released a study Tuesday …
Read More »Ace Hardware Reports Second-Quarter 2014 Sales and Profits
Ace Hardware reported total revenues of $1.33 billion for the second quarter of 2014, an increase of $157.0 million, or 13.4 percent, from the second quarter of 2013. Net income was $66.5 million for the second quarter of 2014, an …
Read More »What’s the Latest on the Housing Recovery?
Ever heard the phrase “damned with faint praise”? That’s what continually came to mind about the state of the housing recovery as journalists and industry representatives came together here for the annual conference of the National Association of Real Estate …
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