Technology

Richard Lavin will serve on USG’s Audit and Finance committees....

Even before Ace Hardware Corp. reported high single-digit sales increases for the quarter and the year — and even during a lingering housing downturn — CEO Ray Griffith told dealers that he liked the position in which Ace finds itself.

“Ongoing uncertainly keeps consumers cautious about spending, but many of you are doing well,” he told the members gathered in Denver for the co-op’s market last year.

A succession of builder bankruptcies in California, Arizona, Wisconsin, Utah and other parts of the...

Residential remodeling activity rose 22.8% year-over-year in December 2011, according to an index compiled by BuildFax, a national database of building permit data. Residential remodels in December were down month-over-month by 7.6% but up year-over-year 23.6 points from the December 2010 value of 103.8.

A new steering system brings the circular steering wheel to zero turn radius (ZTR) mowers....

Perf Go Green, a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics, announced that its 13-gallon kitchen...

The North Carolina retailer has promoted executives in its human resources and store planning divisions....

In a shrinking economy, store footprints appear to be shrinking as well, as retailers, most...