Lowe’s Companies today reported a better-than-expected rise in fourth quarter sales, which the company suggested is due to an improving housing market and warmer winter weather. The announcement comes the day after Home Depot also announced better-than-expected sales. While Lowe’s still trails behind its …
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Entrepreneur has ranked Ace Hardware Corp. in the top 20 on the magazine’s 2016 Franchise 500 list. Ace Hardware ranked No. 14 overall out of all of the individual businesses evaluated for Entrepreneur‘s list, which looks at franchise opportunities across more than 17 different categories. …
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Distributor buying markets are the top ways retailers gather information about new products, product lines and programs, according to data from a 2014 North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) study. To better understand retailers’ common practices at distributor buying markets, …
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The Home Depot today reported fourth-quarter and overall fiscal 2015 sales growth, crediting a recovering housing market among the reasons for the increases. Sales were $21 billion for the fourth quarter of 2015, for a 9.5 percent increase from the fourth quarter of …
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True Value retailers from around the world gathered in Houston to check out the latest products, network, attend educational sessions and focus on ways to build momentum in their businesses at the True Value Spring and Rental Reunion. General Session Focuses on Improvements …
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A partnership that Canadian company RONA made with Ace Hardware in 2014 is unchanged at this time, regardless of news that big-box giant Lowe’s is buying RONA. RONA’s TruServ division, which is a home improvement distributor and former co-op, recently …
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Paint retail chain J.C. Licht has sold to a private businessman, reaffirming its former owner’s commitment to selling paint only through independent businesses. Elliot Greenberg, a former executive from regional home improvement chain Ring’s End, announced this month that he bought …
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Sears is continuing to feel the heat from its competitors, including those that may have learned from its mass distribution model. The company, which was the front-runner in mass distribution starting in the 1800s with its mail-order catalogs, is now …
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