Home Depot Learns to Go Local
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Home Depot's shift away from a national approach to purchasing highlights a tricky problem for retailers: balancing local demand with national efficiency.
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South Philly's sweet spots
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
ORVIN BROWN emerged from his comfy home Sunday evening and stepped right into a Wal-Mart parking lot. The retired construction worker walked over to the adjacent Home Depot in search of a metal apparatus for a drawer that no longer slid as it should have.
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Shopping Some Best Shots
mother may i (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Our Sunday consisted of a large list of to-dos. The shoe store, Home Depot and the super market. Of course, the camera came with me. Who knew that taking photos in the super market can actually make for a pretty hilarious (and even fun) outing. For a day filled with errands, my girls and I had a pretty good go of it. The two I'm sharing for my best shot(s) are among my favorites of the 100 photos I...
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More Lies?
Wizbang (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Well, as more time passes from the vice-presidential debate, we find that Joe Biden spent quite a bit of time at Home Depot. In particular, in the garden section, near...
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Home Depot: 'We can see the bottom'
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Home Depot says housing market won't go too much lower Everyone wants to know how much longer the housing crisis will last.
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Blank tapped to chair Golf & Tennis Pro Shop board
The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Golf & Tennis Pro Shop Inc. has named Atlanta Falcons owner and The Home Depot Inc. co-founder Arthur M. Blank chairman of its board of directors.
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Housing Sector On Shaky Ground
Forbes (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Home Depot and Lowe's try to find ways to stay steady amid a rocky market.
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Lowe's backs 2008 profit view, cuts '09 store growth
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Companies Inc backed its 2008 full-year forecast on Wednesday, but said it would cut store growth for next year as the soft U.S. economy and housing slump hampers demand.
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Florida: Home invader fatally shot in Vero Beach
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Vero Beach, Florida From the Treasure Coast Palm of September 19, 2008 Home invader fatally shot in Vero Beach Last week Thomas Thompson II, 24, was charged with taking copper from a Home Depot store. Early Thursday, the Vero Beach resident was fatally shot breaking into the home of a woman his pregnant girlfriend knew, said Indian River County sheriff's Detective Chris Cassinari. Around 5:20 a.m....
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Cold, hard facts about home freezers
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Sales of freezers are up, according to Mike Goodwin, merchandising director of appliances/food preservation for Lowe's Companies Inc., which operates more than 1,575 home-improvement stores across the United States and Canada.
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2 heists in 20 minutes: Police search for bandits
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The two robberies took place at a Food City and a Home Depot in Glendale.
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Pier 1 narrows its net loss for Q2
The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Despite experiencing a drop in overall general and administrative expenses, decorative home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports still posted a net loss for the second quarter. (PIR)
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MarketWatch First Take: Pier 1's restructuring couldn't come at a worse time
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
This could possibly be the worst time to be a home furnishings store in the midst of a restructuring. Pier 1 Imports is in that unenviable position as it works to slog through a company overhaul.
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The Home Depot Foundation Awards Madison Area Community Land Trust and Mercy Housing Lakefront for Affordable, Sustainable Housing
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
More Than $200,000 Granted To Winners of National Awards of Excellence Program WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Home Depot(R) Foundation today announced Madison Area Community Land Trust (CLT) and Mercy Housing Lakefront of Chicago are the winners of the fourth annual Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly at a ceremony held at the National Building Museum...
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Pier 1 Imports names strategic planning exec
The Dallas Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Decorative home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports has named Michael Benkel to the position of senior vice president -- planning and allocations. (PIR)
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