home improvement

Home Depot, Lowe’s Look to ‘Pros’ for Growth

Competitors The Home Depot and Lowe’s are both zeroing in on the same high-value target as the pandemic-driven home improvement boom slows…

Home Depot Posts 4.2% Sales Decline Following Years of ‘Unprecedented Growth’

The Home Depot posted its weakest quarter in years, with Q1 2023 seeing a 4.5% comparable sales decline year-over-year. Total sales were…

Q1 2022 Roundup: Big Box Giants’ Sales Growth Slows, Cool Weather Chills Home Improvement Results

The nation’s largest retailers have been holding strong against supply chain challenges, high fuel costs and inflation, but their combined ongoing impact…

A Generational Analysis of Today’s Home Improvement Customers

During the pandemic, the relationship between homeowners and their homes fundamentally changed, as lockdowns, social distancing guidance and quarantine protocols left many…

Lowe’s Launches In-Person and Livestream DIY Education Resource

Leveraging high millennial homeownership rates and this group’s affinity for do-it-yourself projects, Lowe’s has introduced DIY-U by Lowe’s, a new home improvement…

Walmart Partners With Angi to Expand Assembly and Home Improvement Options

Walmart has partnered with Angi to add a new home service offering at nearly 4,000 Walmart stores nationwide. Walmart shoppers can seamlessly…

Lowe’s Announces Seventh Pandemic Bonus, Plans to Add 50,000 Jobs for Spring

Lowe’s has allotted an additional $80 million in discretionary bonuses for frontline associates and plans to hire more than 50,000 new associates across the…

SINSA Deploys Platform To Boost Inventory Control Across 65,000 SKUs

SINSA, a Nicaragua-based home improvement retailer, has implemented Oracle Retail services with the goal of enhancing customer experiences, propelling growth and offering…

Hurricane Florence Will Cost Retailers $700 Million, But Home Improvement Stores Could Benefit

Retailers are bracing themselves for the impact of Hurricane Florence, which could cost them up to $700 million in lost sales, according…

Wayfair Adds Professional Designer Service To Platform

Wayfair has launched an e-design platform called Design Services, which allows shoppers to interact with interior designers with both online and phone…

Sherwin-Williams Lets Shoppers Virtually Paint Their Walls With AR

Augmented reality (AR) is rapidly gaining in value for home improvement retailers, and Sherwin-Williams is making a splash with the Instant Paint…

Holiday 2016: The Best Of Times Or The Worst Of Times? Experts Weigh In

Multiple choice quiz: The 2016 holiday season was: A) Great! B) So-so C) Rough Advertisement It’s a trick question: all three answers…

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