The baby boomer generation is shifting from planning DIY jobs to hiring professionals to do projects for them, and The Home Depot is taking note and shifting gears, as well. The big-box retailer is paying attention to its largest customer base, and at a …
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Walmart has introduced its own mobile payment platform, Walmart Pay, which allows shoppers to use QR codes to check out at cash registers and make digital payments. Walmart Pay is the newest feature incorporated into the retailer’s app, which has 22 …
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This week, PRO Group, Inc. announced that Lancaster will join PRO Group as its newest distributor member effective Jan. 1. PRO Group and Lancaster are excited about the opportunities this relationship will bring to both organizations. Over the coming months, PRO Group will be …
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Brick-and-mortar retailers have the opportunity to snag online shoppers in a new way—with a service called PriceLocal. PriceLocal is a web browser extension that works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers to search local stores for products sold on Amazon. The company launched nationally last …
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Worthington Cylinders, parent company of Bernzomatic, recently launched a campaign to sponsor four scholarships for NRHA’s Retail Management Certification Program (RMCP) in 2016. The Bernzomatic Find Your Fire Retail Management Certification Program Scholarship campaign was launched earlier this month to …
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Orgill, Inc. has been one of the industry’s fastest-growing distributors over the last several decades. During this time, the Memphis-based company began looking at ways it could help solve some of the challenges that it felt retailers were facing when …
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Many retailers are looking for new, creative ways to engage today’s millennial customers online. Moving beyond basic Facebook and Twitter use, companies are finding platforms that consumers may already use to attract a new audience for their products and services. Lowe’s has taken …
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Robots are trending as retail employees, and a new model can be programmed to rapidly check an entire store’s inventory. This new robot on the scene is called Tally, and is the creation of Simbe, a San Francisco startup company, according …
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