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Here is a way to promote DIY projects that you may want to investigate: Fab Labs. The concept is part of a movement to provide everyday people, often in lower-income areas of the U.S., with access to laboratories for tinkering …

In January, existing-home sales increased to the highest annual rate in six months, and subpar supply levels propelled price growth to the fastest increase since last April, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The West was the only …

Ace Hardware Corporation today reported fiscal 2015 revenues of $5 billion, an increase of $344.5 million or 7.3 percent from fiscal 2014. Additionally, fiscal 2015 consisted of 52 weeks, compared to 53 weeks in fiscal 2014. Despite one less week …

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 …

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. …

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, …

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 …