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On June 16, Amazon announced it would be acquiring the high-end grocery chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal. The acquisition gives the online retailer a network of more than 460 stores “that could serve as beachheads for …

Sears Canada has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a company report released Thursday. Over the past 18 months, Sears has taken on restructuring initiatives, including developing technology systems, redefining its brand positioning and updating its product assortment, according to the company. As …

Ace Hardware Corp. has hired former Home Depot executive John Sommers Jr. to serve as the co-op’s vice president of merchandising. Sommers, who starts with Ace on July 10, is a 23-year veteran of Home Depot and has worked in a variety of positions in …

On the anniversary of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting that unfolded just blocks from their store, the owner and employees of Toole’s Ace Hardware on South Orange Street in Orlando, Florida, banded together to support their community’s memorial event. On …

As part of its restructuring plan to cut $1.25 billion from its expenditures in fiscal year 2017, Sears Holdings Corp. is cutting 400 positions from its headquarters and field operations, the company reports. At the start of the fiscal year, …

For decades, customers who shopped at Whannel Hardware in Traer, Iowa, knew they could find helpful home improvement advice, a smile and a laugh from the store’s longtime owner, LeRoy Whannel. Even at the age of 103, the business was …

Lowe’s has laid off approximately 125 of its corporate technology employees and will move many of their positions to Bangalore, India, according to The Charlotte Observer. These layoffs are the latest of many staff cuts for Lowe’s, which has eliminated about …

Sears Holdings Corp. announced internally Tuesday that it would close 72 additional retail locations by September, according to Business Insider. The closures are in addition to the 180 stores the retailer has shuttered since the beginning of the year. Included in …