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  • Firefighter charged in HD looting case

    A 25-year-old firefighter was charged with misdemeanor theft In Joplin, Mo., for allegedly looting a Home Depot store after a tornado destroyed the building, according to an article in the Joplin Globe

    Matthew Page was one of three firefighters dismissed June 9 by the town of Baxter Springs, Kan., for alleged misconduct during the emergency response to the tornado. But Joplin authorities said they only had enough evidence to charge one of the suspects.

  • Energy savings through the roof

    IKEA builds Indiana’s largest retail solar rooftop.

  • Retailers to help improve air quality at ports

    A group of national retailers that includes Lowe’s, Home Depot and Walmart has joined with trucking companies and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce the amount of diesel emissions at the nation’s ports. 

  • Sutherlands finds a home in Springfield

    The Midwest home improvement retailer intends to expand this spring.

  • Retailer to close 88 stores

    Here's the full list of closures announced by Indianapolis-based hhgregg, known for appliances and electronics. 

  • Home Depot will defend its lead in power tools

    Speaking at The Home Depot’s 2012 Investor and Analyst Conference in Atlanta, Home Depot executive VP merchandising Craig Menear revved up the power tool rhetoric.

    Menear said the company intends to defend its position as power tool market share leader.

    He also described power tools as a category with a relatively high vulnerability to online competitors. One of the best defenses is a large fleet.

  • In Vegas, diverse views of retail's future

    Two educational sessions at the 2011 National Hardware Show showed very different views of what the consumer is looking for from their hardware retailers. 

  • Now open: the new IKEA Burbank

    A 456,000 sq.-ft. home furnishings retailer replaces an older IKEA store that opened in 1990.

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