Menards has committed to ending sales of vinyl flooring that contains toxic chemicals called phthalates, following the lead of Lowe’s and Home Depot, which made similar commitments earlier this year. All three companies have agreed to phase out those products …
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This week, Target is unveiling a new project in San Francisco to give consumers a hands-on smart home experience. The Target Open House is part retail space, part lab and part meeting venue for the connected home tech community in San Francisco, according …
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The Home Depot has consistently grown its e-commerce business, doing more than twice as much in sales online as Lowe’s did last year. Forbes offers suggestions for why The Home Depot is outpacing its top competitor in web sales: “(B)etter interconnectedness between …
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To download a PDF of this story, click here. Visit hardwareretailing.com/shoplocal to download the marketing material presented in this story or download holiday-themed signage. It’s a Fact: Shopping at Independent Home Improvement Retailers Builds Stronger Communities By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org Main Street used to serve as the go-to …
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Gracious Home, a chain of four luxury hardware and housewares stores in New York, has new owners—including former Wal-Mart exec Dottie Mattison. Mattison and real-estate executive David Mitchell are buying Gracious Home from an investment group, which will still own …
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Lumber Liquidators is reorganizing its executive staff after facing federal investigations, public criticism and lawsuits due to accusations that the company sold flooring that contains unsafe amounts of formaldehyde. The leadership shakeup includes terminating William Schlegel, chief merchandising officer, this week. His …
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Nearly 700 Home Depot stores recently hosted hurricane preparedness workshops, which are one-day events the big-box retailer organizes annually. The workshops were intended to help prepare residents in storm-prone regions for the start of hurricane season, which begins today. The workshops …
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Amazon has been making moves, such as testing drones and offering two-hour delivery in three markets, to speed up the delivery of products ordered online, and is now offering same-day delivery benefits for free to certain customers in 14 metro areas. Amazon Prime …
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