Click the image above to view a full PDF. Casting the Right Spell Since the 1960s, the east side of Waterloo, Iowa, hasn’t seen very much economic activity other than restaurants and convenience stores. Allen Speller and his father, Wendell, …
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How Do Sales Compare for Your Big-Box Competitors?
Click the image above to view a full PDF. Third-quarter sales results are in for the public companies that are prime competitors for independent home improvement retailers, and only Sears continues to decline. Walmart—the United States’ biggest retailer, and the …
Read More »Home Depot Buys Bedding and Bath Company
The Home Depot has announced its acquisition of Wisconsin bedding and bath business The Company Store. The Company Store operates five retail stores in Wisconsin, Maine and North Carolina, and an online store. Home Depot publicized the purchase Dec. 21, but …
Read More »Lowe’s Names First Chief Digital Officer
Vikram Singh will serve as Lowe’s Cos. Inc.’s senior vice president and its first chief digital officer, the company states in a press release. The chief digital officer will “accelerate Lowe’s digital evolution and drive a holistic integrated strategy to …
Read More »Getting in on the Home Staging Game
Click the image above to view a full PDF. Real estate agents advise homeowners who want to improve their home’s selling potential to do some interior staging—and some of that staging includes minor remodeling projects, according to research from the …
Read More »Home Improvement Retailer Busy Beaver Expands
Pittsburgh-based home improvement retailer Busy Beaver has announced plans to open five new locations in 2018, the company reports in a press release. These new stores will be in addition to the 18 locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia …
Read More »Arizona Sisters Put Family in Family Business
Sisters Julie Buchkowski and Tricia Dauwalder-Luna have a special bond. Not only are they best friends, but even as they have built families of their own, they have remained as close as ever by working together in their family business, …
Read More »Sales, Vendor Displays Growing at House-Hasson Markets
Sales are growing at House-Hasson Hardware dealer markets and so are the vendor displays. Figures for House-Hasson’s October 2017 dealer market in Sevierville, Tennessee, saw a 13 percent sales increase over 2016, which was up 14 percent over 2015. In …
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