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  • Lowe’s marches to omnichannel drummer

    Mooresville, North Carolina-based Lowe’s CFO Bob Hull added color to the company’s effort to maximize its multichannel efficiencies and move away from a build-stores-and-they-will-come approach to growth.   

    [Read about Lowe's first quarter earnings here.]

  • Menards put on hold in Ohio

    A proposed Menards store in Columbus, Ohio, has been put on hold until the economy...
  • Home Depot points to holiday innovation

    Father's Day and Fourth of July events at the world's largest home improvement retailer include expanded assortments of LED light bulbs and folding lawn mowers.

    During the company's first-quarter earnings call with analysts and investors, Home Depot president U.S. retail Craig Menear spelled out four product introductions that he said will "generate a lot of excitement in the second quarter."

  • A retail visionary on retail vision

    When Bernie Marcus talks, people listen. That’s one reason you can catch him on the television business news programs.

    Home Channel News spoke to the co-founder of The Home Depot for the purpose of promoting the 30th anniversary of the City of Hope research and treatment facility. Of course, the conversation strayed to home improvement. One of his lessons to retailers of any stripe: Keep your eyes open.

  • At Lowe’s, a new paint from Valspar

    Lowe’s and Valspar are describing their new Valspar Reserve Paint + Primer with HyrdoChroma Technology as groundbreaking and revolutionary.

    A Lowe’s exclusive, the pain retails at $42 to $45 per gallon for interior and $46 to $49 per gallon for exterior.

  • Menards openings include ‘chainsaw artist’

    John Gage has made recent appearances at stores in Nebraska, Ohio and Iowa....
  • Three new board members for Lowe’s

    David Batchelder, one of the new appointments, served on The Home Depot board from 2007 to 2011.

  • Something for pros at Depot's Black Friday event

    Home Depot's 11-day savings event known as Spring Black Friday is back with a twist this year -- organizers have taken steps to include the pro customers. 

    This year's Spring Black Friday event, which kicked off April 3 and marks the beginning of the home improvement industry's busiest season, will have sales on  grills, lawn supplies and gardening products as usual. But it will also include power tools, nailers/compressors, concrete, ladders and landscape timber.

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