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Home Depot recently partnered with Georgia Institute of Technology to open a center for developing and testing high-tech consumer products. The university-based research and development center allows students to work for Home Depot to develop new ideas and create potential products, …

As the shop local movement continues to gain momentum in towns and cities across America, the emphasis is being placed on small local businesses. However, a majority of these small businesses source their products from different countries or from manufacturers …

The smart-home phenomenon is turning from fiction to reality. Lowe’s and Icontrol Networks have partnered to offer more options for customers who want to make their homes smarter, according to Market Watch. Starting in early 2015, many of Lowe’s Iris smart …

Do it Best retailers attended training seminars, a vendor showcase, product demonstrations and special buying opportunities  this month at the Do it Best Corp. Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida. The annual winter conference was designed to offer training opportunities for the …

A federal judge in Atlanta this month divided more than 30 class-action lawsuits against Home Depot into two groups: consumers and financial institutions. Both groups filed class-action lawsuits after last year’s data breach, which compromised the payment card information of 56 million Home Depot customers who made …

Fewer homes sold in 2014 in the U.S. than in 2013, and home prices rose, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. About 3 percent fewer homes sold overall, a drop from 5.09 million sales to 4.93 year-over-year, the …

More than 1,200 people attended House-Hasson Hardware Company’s January dealer market. The independent regional hardware distributor hosted the dealer market in Nashville. Attendance was the highest House-Hasson had seen at a market, and included an increasing number of the Amish and …

While consumers are more connected than ever through the Web, brick-and-mortar retailers are attracting more customers seeking in-person experiences for shopping. Growth in Internet retailing has outpaced store-based sales gains in recent years, yet consumers are moving from the Web to in-store promotions …