Lowe’s is still working to sell its one-third stake in an unprofitable Australian home improvement store chain after announcing in January that it was exiting Australia. Lowe’s owns the business – which includes 63 Masters Home Improvement stores, as well as …
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TreeHouse: Green Home Improvement Retailer on the Move
TreeHouse, a home improvement store focused exclusively on eco-friendly products and projects, has an expanding business that other retailers in the industry are noticing. Since first opening in 2011 in Austin, Texas, the unique startup has grown and gained national attention from …
Read More »Lowe’s HoloLens to Reinvent View of Remodeling
The use of sample squares and paint swatches might be becoming old school in home remodeling because of a device called a HoloLens. Lowe’s and Microsoft are partnering to reinvent the way customers visualize home improvement with augmented reality glasses. HoloLens …
Read More »Lumber Liquidators to Pay $2.5M, Pioneer Flooring-Testing Program
Lumber Liquidators has committed to paying $2.5 million and pioneering a product-testing program to resolve a California probe into whether flooring the discounter sold contained more formaldehyde than the state’s health and safety standards allow. The retailer came to the agreement with the California …
Read More »Exclusive Q&A: Ace to Partner With Lowe’s in Canada
Ace Hardware is linked to Lowe’s pending purchase of Canadian home improvement company RONA, and the U.S. co-op plans to partner with Lowe’s as the big box expands in Canada. When Lowe’s closes a $2.3 billion deal to buy RONA this …
Read More »Service Lessons From a Lowe’s Store
Lowe’s recently got praise from reporter, business advisor and author Ian Altman writing for Forbes, who used the big box retailer as an example of how to get good customer service to last from the sale to the end of a product’s …
Read More »Home Depot to Pay Consumers $19.5M in 2014 Data Breach Case
About two years after a data breach exposed payment card information from more than 50 million of its customers, The Home Depot has announced plans to compensate some of the shoppers, according to Money magazine. The company will set up a $13 million fund to …
Read More »Lumber Liquidators Leadership Changes With Lowe’s Exec
The much-scrutinized Lumber Liquidators has appointed former Lowe’s executive Dennis R. Knowles as chief operating officer. The specialty flooring company has been under investigation since early 2015 due to accusations that some of its laminate flooring contained unsafe levels of formaldehyde. As part …
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