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Lowe’s Updates Web Tool for Pros

This week, Lowe’s unveiled an upgrade for a web tool for pro customers– LowesForPros.com. The website features new enhancements to help its pro customers make and track purchases online. Users can choose to buy online and pick up product in store or have orders delivered …

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Ace Hardware Ranks in Top 25 of Fast-Growing Retailers

Ace Hardware is in the top 25 percent of fastest-growing retailers in the U.S.,  according to the National Retail Federation. Ace, which is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, ranked No. 24 for year-over-year domestic sales growth on the Hot 100 Retailers 2015 list, which the retail trade association …

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Orgill’s Canada Operation to Purchase Chalifour

Distribution Center

Canada’s TIM-BR MART Group has announced the sale of the hardlines assets of its distribution arm, Chalifour Canada Ltd., to Orgill Canada Hardlines, ULC, a wholly owned, Canadian-based subsidiary of Orgill, Inc. “The strategic alliance resulting from this transaction will …

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Ways to Promote Job Openings

home improvement job openings

Keeping employees motivated and excited about their work is difficult. Some retailers say they have difficulty finding hard-working employees in the first place and then retaining them are even more challenging. So how do retailers find employees and promote job …

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CNRG Buys 28-Unit Marvin’s Building Centers

In a move that will increase its retail store count by more than 30 percent, Central Network Retail Group, LLC (CNRG) has acquired Marvin’s, an Alabama-based home center chain. Marvin’s operates 28 home center locations throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and …

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Baltimore Store Offers the Core Categories — and Charm

Ayd Hardware, located in the Stoneleigh neighborhood of northern Baltimore,  is a family-run store that opened in 1974. The store was a stop for North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) staffers Sara Logel and Graeme Haase, who got to do what the …

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Home Depot Adds Ex-American Airlines CEO to Board

The Home Depot has appointed a former American Airlines CEO to the company’s board of directors. The new board member, Gerard Arpey, will serve on the company’s finance committee and its nominating and corporate governance committee. The company has 11 …

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