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Small Businesses and Tax Reform

tax reform

Changes to U.S. tax law, approved Dec. 20 by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, are slated to go into effect in 2018. The New York Times explains some effects of the tax reform on small businesses. The House Ways and …

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Home Depot Buys Bedding and Bath Company

Company Store

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 …

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Lowe’s Names First Chief Digital Officer

Lowe's

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 …

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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 …

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Retired Industry Veteran Jim Gray Dies

Gray

James P. “Jim” Gray, longtime employee of the North American Retail Hardware Association, the American Hardware Manufacturers Association and other industry groups, died Dec. 13 in Indianapolis.  He was 76 years old. Gray was born Jan. 2, 1941, in Springfield, …

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Going Private Is Not a New Suggestion for Sears

When a shareholder recently requested that Sears Holdings consider going private, the investment company was not suggesting a new idea. The investor, Memento S.A., released a letter Dec. 7, asking the retailer “to form a board to look after shareholders, …

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Dollar General to Open 900 Stores, Go Urban

Dollar General

Dollar General recently announced plans to open 900 stores, remodel 1,000 existing stores and expand into urban areas in 2018, The Wall Street Journal reports. The discount retailer already has about 14,000 locations in the U.S., mostly in rural areas, …

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