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  • Starts down 10.6%

    The 600,000 housing starts figure seemed like a real possibility for November. Instead, today's Commerce...
  • NLRB poster rule could prompt employee questions

    A federal district court decision on a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule requiring employers to post notices informing workers of their right to unionize could have a wide-reaching impact on most U.S. employers and their workers, according to experts.

  • West Fraser acquires Stuart Lake Lumber

    Stuart Lake Lumber owns a sawmill in Fort St. James, British Colombia, and a forest...
  • DIY pioneer: Home centers need to think again

    Cologne, Germany -- Does home center retailing need a new business model? One DIY pioneer thinks so. 

    Manfred Maus, who in 1970 founded OBI, which grew to become Germany’s largest DIY home center, spoke to Home Channel News at the 2012 Internationale Eisenwarenmesse – or International Hardware Fair – in Cologne, Germany. 

    “My children and my grandchildren will buy completely differently than we buy,” he said. “I think the home center concept is old. We need a new business model.”

  • Dunn-Edwards to build new LEED-certified facility

    The new facility will consolidate the paint manufacturer’s existing research, product development and quality assurance...
  • G-I-Y retailing: Grow it yourself

    Edible gardening is on the rise. Industry experts point to a number of factors --...
  • Williams-Sonoma nixes outsourcing agreement with IBM

    The $29 million, five-year deal was for information technology services....
  • High times for niche retailer

    A franchise chain of West Coast supply stores for “indoor gardeners” is bringing its special strain of controversy to Washington, D.C., with a fourth location in the Northeast quadrant of the nation’s capital.

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