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Dunn-Edwards Paints announced its 2022 Color + Design Trends, a collection of color palettes. These five distinct palettes celebrate simple pleasures, new possibilities and optimism for the future. Meraki are muted Mediterranean-inspired hues. Retrouvailles are deep, rich colors inspired by …

In the fastest start-to-finish completion of a ground-up distribution center in the company’s modern history, Orgill has announced that its new Rome, New York, facility is now fully operational and will begin servicing customers in an eight-state region in the …

The National Retail Federation (NRF) is upwardly revising its estimate on how much consumers will spend across retail sectors in 2021. The organization’s new estimate now stands at $4.4 trillion, and the NRF expects sales to grow between 10.5 and …

Bliffert Lumber & Hardware announced that it has hired Stelios Fakiroglou as the company’s commercial architectural consultant and outside sales. Fakiroglou brings more than 30 years of experience helping architectural and contracting firms successfully design and install fenestration products, which …

As retailers across sectors have all struggled with supply chain disruptions in the past year, the Made in America buying event is encouraging business owners to take a look closer to home to enhance their inventories. The Made in America …

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added 559,000 jobs in May, reducing the national unemployment rate to 5.8 percent. Notable job gains happened in public and private education, hospitality and health care. Take a deeper dive …

Even as home builders report shortages of building materials and products, new research from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests pros are also seeing sharp increases in product prices. In the latest version of the NAHB and Wells …

Taylor’s Do it Center and Pleasants Hardware is expanding its footprint, opening its 20th and 21st locations in Virginia this fall. Joe Taylor, president and CEO, says the company will open a new Pleasants Hardware location in New Kent in …