Orgill, Inc. has been one of the industry’s fastest-growing distributors over the last several decades. During this time, the Memphis-based company began looking at ways it could help solve some of the challenges that it felt retailers were facing when …
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Consumers need to understand the impact of buying products through Amazon rather than local businesses, such as independent home improvement retailers. Here’s a way to educate your customers. The Advocates for Independent Business created an infographic that shows the difference consumers make on …
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Two big boxes and two of the major home improvement cooperatives released third-quarter results last week, and sales were up across the board. Read the following articles for details on the financial performance of each of these home improvement businesses: Ace Hardware …
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October home sales declined since September, but remained higher than in October 2014. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions on single-family homes, town homes, condominiums and co-ops, dropped 3.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million in October from …
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True Value’s upcoming Open Buying Day event, scheduled for Dec. 10, is an opportunity for vendors to have direct, one-on-one access to a product buyer. “Vendors should participate in our Open Buying Day because it’s their shot to share possibly ‘the next …
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Ace Hardware Corp. today reported double-digit growth in revenue and net profits in the third quarter of 2015. Revenue was $1.3 billion, an increase of 13.2 percent from the third quarter of 2014. Net income for the quarter was $54.2 million, an increase of …
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True Value Company announced its third-quarter results this week, reporting revenue and same-store sales growth. The co-op’s revenue was $365.5 million for the quarter, an increase of 4.2 percent from the same period in 2014. Destination True Value comparable store sales …
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Lowe’s Companies, Inc., saw sales increases for the third quarter of 2015, and expects to end the fiscal year on a growth pattern. In quarter three, the company’s sales grew to $14.4 billion, an increase of 5 percent over the same period a year …
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