home improvement

Sears CEO’s Hedge Fund Seeks To Buy Kenmore For $400M
Sears CEO’s Hedge Fund Seeks To Buy Kenmore For $400M
August 16, 2018  |  Retail

In a formal proposal, ESL Investments said it was seeking to purchase Sears Holdings’ Kenmore brand, as well as the retailer’s home improvement unit. ESL...

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Home Depot Invests $1.2B To Speed Up Deliveries
Home Depot Invests $1.2B To Speed Up Deliveries
June 12, 2018  |  Retail

With eCommerce changing customer expectations, Home Depot is planning on investing $1.2 billion to facilitate quicker deliveries to homes and job sites. The company plans...

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Housing Supply And Demand Imbalance Drives Home Improvement Store Sales
Housing Supply And Demand Imbalance Drives Home Improvement Store Sales
June 05, 2018  |  Retail

Millennials are finally moving out of mom and dad’s house and creating their own households, which has increased demand in the housing market. At the...

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Q12018’s Big Retail Chill
Q12018’s Big Retail Chill
June 02, 2018  |  Retail

“Blame It On the Rain” is more than the song that ended the musical career of early 90s sensation Milli Vanilli. The phrase is also...

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Wesfarmers Exits The UK With Homebase Sell-Off
Wesfarmers Exits The UK With Homebase Sell-Off
May 25, 2018  |  Retail

Wesfarmers is selling U.K. home improvement chain Homebase just two years after buying it, according to news from CNBC. The question now is what future acquisitions...

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Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership
Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership
May 24, 2018  |  Personnel

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. That doesn’t fly in today’s fast-moving and competitive...

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Ackman Buy Boosts Lowe’s Shares Despite Q1 Earnings Miss
Ackman Buy Boosts Lowe’s Shares Despite Q1 Earnings Miss
May 23, 2018  |  Earnings

Despite strong comp growth through its eCommerce website, Lowe’s posted lower-than-expected earnings following unseasonable weather in the first quarter. The home improvement retailer’s earnings per...

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Five At Five: Facebook Adds To Its Marketplace
Five At Five: Facebook Adds To Its Marketplace
May 23, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on Facebook’s enhanced Marketplace and...

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What are the Forces Behind the GreenSky IPO?
What are the Forces Behind the GreenSky IPO?
May 17, 2018  |  IPO

GreenSky is going big, hoping to raise nearly $750 million for its initial public offering, an achievement that would put the lending FinTech firm in...

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