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Do it Best Offers Scholarships to NRHA Training Program

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is pleased to announce that Do it Best Corp., headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will be sponsoring two scholarships to help Do it Best member-owners participate in NRHA’s Retail Management Certification Program. The …

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Amazon Sells Home Improvement Services

Amazon doesn’t just sell products anymore. The online marketplace has branched out and now sells services, including electrical and plumbing work, home repairs and gutter cleaning. “Amazon Home Services features handpicked pros offering upfront pricing on pre-packaged services with helpful reviews from customers that …

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Lumber Liquidators Hit With Class-Action Lawsuits

Lumber Liquidators is facing a blitz of lawsuits related to accusations that some of the company’s laminated flooring contains unsafe quantities of formaldehyde. CBS reported March 1 that the flooring company sold laminate flooring with higher levels of formaldehyde than permitted by California’s …

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Amazon Now Testing Drones for Home Delivery

Amazon has finally been given the green light from U.S. federal regulators to test delivery drone outdoors, an initiative that was at a standstill earlier this year. According to a Reuters article, the Federal Aviation Administration had given approval to an Amazon …

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Engage Employees With Hardware Retailing’s Online Elements

Hardware Retailing’s online elements provides you and your employees with additional training tools and educational worksheets. This video showcases these new and useful tools that complement and expand upon Hardware Retailing magazine’s content. With each issue, unique and innovative selling guides, quizzes, videos, …

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Building Supplies Company Sells in $1.6 Billion Deal

Builders FirstSource Inc., a U.S. building products manufacturer and supplier, is buying ProBuild Holdings in a $1.6 billion deal. The purchase will combine the companies, making a diversified business with a larger geographic footprint and greater ability to use economies of scale, according to …

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Home Depot: Transforming a World Leader

The Home Depot, the world’s largest home center chain, ended 2014 with sales of more than $83 billion — growth that reflects changes to the company’s business strategies. For example, the 2014 comp-store sales increase of 5.3 percent shows the results of Home Depot’s rededication …

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