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Just within the past six months or so, three American home improvement companies have modified and begun expanding their approaches to selling within Canada – drawing attention to the Canadian home improvement market, which has an ever-expanding competitive American position …

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 …

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 …

Last week, I had the opportunity to join Independent We Stand on the Great American Route 66 Road Trip to visit independents across the country. Over the course of five days, we traveled nearly 1,400 miles, starting in Oklahoma City and stopping …

Two major U.S. paint companies will soon be consolidating, if all goes as planned. On Sunday, The Sherwin-Williams Company and The Valspar Corporation together announced they had entered into an agreement in which Sherwin-Williams will acquire Valspar for $11.3 billion. Combining the two companies’ …

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) recently named eight home improvement retailers as 2016 Young Retailer of the Year honorees. The recognition program, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, identifies and honors the next generation of aspiring independent home improvement …

After a wonderful second night’s sleep at the Colcord Hotel, The Great American Route 66 Road Trip crew was ready to kick off day two of the journey. We all piled in to our awesome Ram ProMaster City, which was …

Retailers across several industries gathered in Chicago at the McCormick Center to check out the latest and greatest products and innovations to hit the market. Thousands of new items were on display at the 2016 International Home + Housewares Show (IH+HS), which ran March …