Home Centers

Pirch has opened its largest store to date, a three-floor, 32,000-sq.-ft. flagship in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.

Soloman Lowi, one of the pioneers of the home improvement warehouse format, died on May 1. He was one day short of 90 years old. 

The newest Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores outpost recently opened its doors in Muskogee, Oklahoma, marking 34 Sears Hometown openings in 2014 overall and the 16th Sears Hometown and Outlet.

Highfield Door Sales, a Kettering, Ohio, business that installs garage door openers for nine local Lowe’s stores, has purchased and is renovating a 20,000-sq.-ft. former wine and beer warehouse store to expand its operations, according to an article in the Dayton Daily News. 

The family-owned business, which started in 2009 with just one employee, currently operates out of a leased 1,700-sq.-ft. building in this Dayton-area town.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics said its Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound and Sealant is now available at Menards stores.

Previously, Green Glue products were obtainable only through the Green Glue website or a network of specialty acoustic distributors. Now the products are available for contractors, DIYers and home theater enthusiasts to purchase directly in the building materials section of 232 Menards stores in the Midwest, the company said.

Following a 14-day protest by the Ohio & Vicinity Regional Council of Carpenters, Menards Stores...

The embattled Sears Holdings is taking all the help it can get, even if that means reaching into the pockets of its CEO, Edward Lampert.

According to an SEC filing submitted on Monday, the retailer is securing a $400 million loan from ESL Investments, Lampert's hedge fund, which will be used for as-of-yet unspecified purposes.

Lampert -- and by extension, ESL Investments -- currently stands as Sears Holdings' biggest shareholder. However, ESL lowered its stake in Sears less than a year ago due to pressure from wary investors.

Mohawk is recalling its Altitude Gold shag rugs that are sold exclusively at Home Depot, citing a failure to meet federal flammability standards.

Specifically, the rugs do not meet federal labeling standards, which require rugs to have the following statement on a permanent lablel: “FLAMMABLE (FAILS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STANDARD FF 2-70): SHOULD NOT BE USED NEAR SOURCES OF IGNITION.”