E-commerce continues to drive changes across all retail segments, and you don’t have to be an industry expert to know that Amazon is the major player in the U.S. e-commerce industry, but with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s IPO and growth plans …
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House-Hasson Hardware leaders say its summer 2014 market was the best-attended market in the company’s 105-year history, with a corresponding increase in sales. A House-Hasson market typically attracts up to 2,000 people. Don Hasson, president of House-Hasson Hardware, says a …
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Home Depot announced that it will start selling 3-D printers. According to the company, it will be selling devices from MakerBot, a 3-D printer maker in 12 locations including California, Illinois and New York as part of a pilot project. “It’s …
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Henery Do It Best Hardware announced plans to open a new store in Bremerton in August. Owner Matthew Henery recently signed a lease on an approximately 26,000 square-foot building in the Wheaton Mall and said the store will employ about …
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Favorable exchange rates, affordable home prices and rising affluence abroad continue to drive international buyers to the U.S. to purchase properties and make real estate investments. According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2014 Profile of International Home Buying Activity, for …
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Legislation to fight home improvement fraud and to protect legitimate contractors has been passed by the state House. House Bill 1543 would allow the state attorney general’s office to “bolster needed enforcement and oversight of fraud involving shady home-improvement contractors,” …
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Home Depot and other retailers say they plan to ban or limit the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to honeybee decline. Home Depot says it will require its suppliers to start labeling any plants treated with neonicotinoids by …
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According to a local news outlet, Mike McCord didn’t want to pressure his son to consider taking over the family business, McCord’s Do-It Best hardware store. Quite the opposite — he had contemplated auctioning or closing the business in 10 …
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