RONA Inc., a Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, building materials and home renovation products, has announced plans to buy the 20 franchise stores in its network. The stores include 17 big-box locations and three other stores under the banners RONA, …
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Americans spent less on home improvement and garden products in June than in May, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Shoppers reduced their home improvement spending by 1.3 percent in that period. The June 2014 to June 2015 drop was 1.4 percent. Overall retail …
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Menards has committed to ending sales of vinyl flooring that contains toxic chemicals called phthalates, following the lead of Lowe’s and Home Depot, which made similar commitments earlier this year. All three companies have agreed to phase out those products …
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We all do it. We all visit a store with a shopping list in hand and end up buying more than the items listed. This list abandonment happens for many reasons, but some of us — depending on age — …
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Are you interested in discovering thousands of new products in the lawn and garden category? Would you gain important business insights from speakers including Martha Stewart, educational sessions and networking with other professionals? The Independent Garden Center Show (IGC Show) will be offering all of these things …
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Most consumers aren’t eager to retire their physical wallets, despite the option to consolidate what they carry in their pockets and purses by storing payment cards and coupons in digital wallets. In fact, only 13 percent of adults in the U.S. …
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Gerald Allen Winn Jr., House-Hasson Hardware’s vice president of merchandising, died Sunday at age 58. Winn had worked for 32 years for House-Hasson, which is a regional hardware distributor headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was known throughout the hardware industry …
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This week, Target is unveiling a new project in San Francisco to give consumers a hands-on smart home experience. The Target Open House is part retail space, part lab and part meeting venue for the connected home tech community in San Francisco, according …
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