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Snowmobiles plus motocross equals a marketing opportunity for the tool brand.

Freedom Homes will initially be available in Florida, Texas and Arizona.

Want to convince managers to report harassment complaints swiftly?

Show them a video illustrating—in painful detail—what it’s like to sit through a deposition for a harassment lawsuit.

That’s among the training suggestions made by employment law experts now that the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on the circumstances under which an employee is a “supervisor” for purposes of vicarious employer liability under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Mike Schwarz has been promoted to executive director of purchasing and merchandising for Beloit, Wisconsin-based building products distributor ABC Supply Co.

Previously he had been director of marketing and business intelligence for the company. 

Net sales in the Paint Stores Group increased 6.7% and had a sizable impact on total revenues. Also, a new CFO was named.

Fermacell is one of Europe’s largest producers of gypsum board. 

The products are coming to more than 1,400 Lowe's stores across the U.S. in March.

Minneapolis paint giant Valspar reported second quarter net sales of $1.03 billion, essentially flat with the prior-year quarter.

The company, which recently signed a deal to become the key supplier of paint for Ace Hardware, reported net income of $76.9 million, up from $76.5 million in last year's second quarter.

Volume was up 7%, including the Ace deal, up 3% excluding Ace.