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'CHANGE IN TASTE' HELPS DRIVE HOME IMPROVEMENT SPENDING AT RETAIL
It is no secret that people are spending more time in their home, a place now more appropriately called the "cocoon" by some marketers. The growing trend of larger family or recreation rooms, home offices, plush bedrooms, and various other It is no secret that...
Tags: American Express Co., home improvement, retail company
Research articles 1998-09-07
Home Depot acquired Home Mart, the second-largest Mexican home improvement retailer.(Acquisitions & Expansions)
Home Depot acquired Home Mart, the second-largest Mexican home improvement retailer. It also announced the start-up of The ... Home Depot acquired Home Mart, the second-largest Mexican home improvement retailer. It also announced the start-up of The Home Depot Asia developmental business operation and named Bill...
Tags: acquisition, Home Depot Inc., home improvement, retail company
Research articles 2004-06-01
Washington under construction: how retailers would build a new political agenda. (includes related articles on hardware and home improvement retailers' comments on legislative issues, minimum wage hike and the budget deficit)(Cover Story)
Results of a survey conducted by Do-It-Yourself Retailing reveals hardware and home improvement retailers' dissatisfaction against taxes and government regulations. Respondents claim that the IRS is depriving them of incentives and profits. Complex tax fiResults of a survey conducted by Do-It-Yourself Retailing reveals hardware and home improvement retailers' dissatisfaction against...
Tags: hardware, home improvement, Internal Revenue Service, minimum wage, retail company, tax
Research articles 1996-10-01
LOWE'S LOOKS WEST; PLANS 100 STORES -- HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILER INVADES HOME DEPOT'S TURF.(Lowe's Companies Inc.)
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.--Lowe's Cos. plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to build more than 100 stores in western U.S. markets over the next three to four years, the retailer disclosed last week. NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.--Lowe's Cos. plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., home improvement, Lowe, retail company
Research articles 1998-04-27

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Lowe's Home Improvement to Anchor CIM Group's Midtown Plaza
An Urban Retail Center in the Heart of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES -- CIM Group has secured a 116,000-square-foot Lowe's home improvement store for Midtown Plaza, the company's 390,000-square-foot urban retail center in central Los Angeles. Set on 12 acres at the corner of San Vicente Blvd. and Pico...
Tags: Cim Group Inc.
Research articles 2006-12-06
Thai Home Improvement Firm CRC Power Retail to Open More Outlets.
By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--CRC Power Retail Co, the hardware and home improvement firm, plans to spend 500 million baht this year on opening eight more HomeWorks stores from its current six locations. ...
Tags: Bangkok Post, SALES
Research articles 2004-03-05
Construction on Home Improvement Store in Lima, Ohio, to Start This Fall.
By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 10--LIMA, Ohio--Construction is slated to begin this fall for a new home improvement store and other commercial development, an official representing the company said Tuesday. The overall development plan...
Tags: Meijer Inc.
Research articles 2002-07-10
The McClatchy Company Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of John Janedis with Wachovia. John Janedis - Wachovia Thank you. Gary, you touched on this a bit but can you give us a sense of the percentage of revenues in Florida and California...
Tags: McClatchy Co.
Earnings calls 2007-07-19
Home Depot: Back to Basics
Home Depot got rid of underperforming assets and redirected resources into what had long been neglected — its customers. The Move: Home Depot got rid of underperforming assets and redirected resources into what had long been neglected — ...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Customers, Employee Satisfaction, Retail, Lindsay Blakely
Articles 2008-12-01
Lowe's Challenging Home Depot for Improvement Sector Preference
Home Depot is losing its edge in home improvement retailing according to a BIGresearch report that detailed consumer preference for the top chains in the sector. According to the research firm’s June Retail Ratings report, Wal-Mart led gainers when adults were asked where they shop most often...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Home Improvement, Lowe, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-07-09
Home Depot Profit Beats Street
By Dhanya SkariachanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc HD posted a higher than expected quarterly profit on Tuesday but warned that there was still a lot of pressure in the U.S. housing and home improvement markets, sending its shares lower.Top home improvement chain Home Depot and smaller rival Lowe's...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Lowe, Lowe's Companies Inc., Sales, Sales Strategy, SAME-STORE SALES BEAT LOWE, Us
News items 2009-11-17
HomeBase Plans to OpenHome Improvement Stores
HomeBase Inc. plans to open three 110,000-square-foot home improvement retail stores in California and one in Phoenix. The company said it expects to open the Norco, Cal.; Norwalk, Cal.; and Phoenix sites in the first half of 1999 and a Los Angeles s HomeBase Inc. plans...
Tags: home improvement, Phoenix Technologies
Research articles 1998-07-06
Retail Roundup: Wasson Named Walgreens CEO, Home Depot Slashing 7,000 Jobs, More
Wasson named Walgreens CEO -- Walgreen Co. today named Gregory D. Wasson as the drugstore chain's new CEO, a power shift that places Wasson, current president and COO, at the helm of the company he has served for nearly 30 years. Wasson replaces acting CEO Alan G. McNally, who has...
Tags: Job, Home Depot Inc., Retail Company, CEO, Walgreen Co., Gregory D. Wasson, Retail, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Danielle Novy
Blog posts 2009-01-26
Home Depot Sharpens Operations But Can Do More
Every crisis is an opportunity the saying goes, and while Home Depot is trying to turn its troubles into better operations, observers say it can do more. During Home Depot’s Tuesday conference call on 2008 results, Frank Blake, the company’s chairman and ceo, laid out a series...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Productivity, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Gender And Diversity, Sales, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-02-26
Study Suggests Home Retailing Declines, Kirkland's Differs
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers/Retail Forward study Retailing 2015: New Frontiers predicts that the immediate future will continue to be rough for home furnishings and housewares retailers, but that generalization might not be universally true, and especially not in the case of Kirkland's. The study argues that the housing...
Tags: Retail Company, Houseware, Kirkland, Sales Strategy, Retail, Sales Force Management, Sales, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-03-23
Home Depot second-quarter profit slips
ATLANTA - Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 7 percent, as the nation's biggest home-improvement retailer shuttered its Expo business and continued to be pinched by the recession. Still, the Atlanta-based company's adjusted results beat Wall Street's expectations, and it lifted its guidance for full-year...
Tags: Home Depot Inc.
News items 2009-08-18
Lowe’s Weathers a Tough Retail Market
Ockham Research submits: Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. Inc. LOW reported second quarter 2008 earnings Monday morning that were off 7.9% from the prior year quarter, but still beat Wall Street’s muted expectations. As with other retailers, Lowe’s reported a difficult operating environment with the dreadful housing market taking a...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Retail, Lowe's Companies Inc.
External links 2008-08-19
Clockwork Home Services Chooses GE For New Credit Program; GE's Retail Sales Finance Unit to Support 'Royal Privilege' Card
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- GE's Retail Sales Finance unit, a leader in home improvement financing, has been selected to provide a new consumer credit program for Clockwork Home Services, parent company of Success Group International and provider of home services with more than 180 franchisees across the country.
Tags: General Electric Co.
Research articles 2005-11-29
Home Depot Case Study
Home Depot is a $45 billion retail company. Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer, with stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Home Depot's goal with the Corporate Purchasing Card CPC program was to streamline and automate their purchasing processes, rationalize their spend, and...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., Supplier, Channel Management, Retail, Marketing
Case studies 2004-10-01
STATEMENT from Bernie Marcus, Co-Founder, The Home Depot, About the Resignation of Bob Nardelli
ATLANTA -- "As co-founder of The Home Depot, I left the company in 2002 and at that time the company had become not only a great brand in the home improvement industry but in all of retailing. Under Bob Nardelli's leadership, it has remained number one in the industry and...
Tags: Bob Nardelli, Home Depot Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-04
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