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The market ended the week on a bad foot, dragging the majority of HBSDealer stocks down with it.

LL dropped nearly 12% Monday after a couple days of monumental increases last week.

Cabinet supplier American Woodmark Corporation has a new CEO in Cary Dunston, effective in August.

Irvine, California-based Smarthome has added the Wink hub, a platform that makes it possible to control a variety of devices from the same integrated control center, to its suite of connected home products.

“Here at Smarthome, our goal has always been to offer the largest inventory of connected home devices to our loyal customers,” said Scott Holder, VP marketing, Smarthome. “Adding the Wink hub to our extensive line demonstrates our continuing commitment to offering the widest variety and highest quality home automation products.”

The Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows consumer confidence broke the "100" benchmark in January, with 100 representing 1985 levels of consumer sentiment. Also, gas prices stayed low.

The LP SmartSide Perfection Shingle features a cedar-like texture.

Bradley T. Farnsworth, president of The Farnsworth Group, will be among five speakers scheduled to appear at this year's ProDealer Industry Summit in Nashville, Tenn.

Farnsworth created the research-based consulting firm to serve the home improvement, residential building and commercial construction industries. He has ammassed a wealth of experience in category management, store positioning, market segmentation analysis and hybrid market concept development.

The world’s largest home improvement retailer plans to boost spring traffic with “Black Friday” prices.