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CI Take: Amazon Launches More Smart Products And Security Services
In Amazon’s latest product launch, it beefs up Ring with eero, takes voice commands local, wall mounts an Echo, and enhances its aging-in-place program
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Guest Post: Bye-Bye Black Friday?
Breaking with tradition, national chains including Best Buy, Walmart and Target plan to remain closed on Thanksgiving Day
Appliances
October Surprise For Core Appliance Categories: AHAM
Shipments for the big six fell 4 percent
Retail
Lowe’s Unleashes Month-Long Black Friday Promotion
Offering November-wide discounts on select appliances.
Retail
If Sears Goes Away, These 3 Retailers Will Benefit Most
There are still plenty of greenbacks up for grabs.
Retail
Halloween’s Over, Welcome To Black November
Kids across the country barely finished divvying up their Halloween plunder last night before retailers let loose their pre-Black Friday promotions.
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11 Dealers Leading The Appliance Charge
Related: 10 Top Majap Debuts That Deliver Big Dividends No question appliances are hot. Once the bastion of boring “sea-of-white” sales floors, and embodied...
Industry
Appliance Manufacturers Salute Bob Baird
Bob Baird officially stepped down this month as head of The Home Depot’s multi-billion-dollar appliance and kitchen businesses after half a century in white-goods...
News
A Life In Retail: Bob Baird’s 50-Year Journey
Bob Baird, whose career spans 50 years at some of the biggest names in retail, and helped make The Home Depot a destination for...
Industry
Reflections On An Industry: Bob Baird Looks Back … And Ahead
Legendary appliance merchant Bob Baird is widely lauded for building Home Depot’s majap business into a dominant force in the white-goods industry, and influencing...
Another View
White Goods Get a Black Eye From ‘Friday’ Sales
I was on a road trip last week, crossing off a bucket list item with three friends visiting the Augusta National Golf Club during...
Industry
Home Depot Appliance Boss Bob Baird Stepping Down
Bob Baird, who helped make The Home Depot a destination for major appliances, is leaving the chain after 15 years. The merchandising VP will...
news
Home Depot Breaks Black Friday Majap Ad
The Home Depot has jump-started the holidays by releasing its first Black Friday sales ad with pricing that begins tomorrow and is good through...
Blogs
How To Maintain Healthy Margins In A Cutthroat Category
Promotions have always played an important role in retailing strategy. Whether to clear the shelves of last year’s models (or slow-moving inventory in general)...
news
Home Depot Confirms Data Hack
Atlanta – The Home Depot has confirmed that its payment data systems have been breached, potentially impacting all U.S. and Canadian customers who shopped...
news
Home Depot’s Q2 Majap Sales Soar
Updated! Atlanta — The Home Depot’s major appliance business continued to climb in its second fiscal quarter, ended Aug. 3. On an earnings call...
news
Home Depot Testing 3D Printers
Atlanta — The Home Depot is testing the 3D-printing waters. The No. 1 home-improvement chain is trialing the category online and in a dozen...
Home Automation
Smart Sprinkler Rolls Out At Home Depot
Denver — The Home Depot this week will roll out the launch of a smart lawn sprinkler controller in 990 stores. The Iro smart...
Financial
Lowe’s Q1 Earnings Accelerate
Mooresville, N.C. — No. 2 majap retailer Lowe’s reported a 15.6 percent spike in first-quarter profits on strength in indoor categories. The home-improvement chain...
Financial
Home Depot’s Q1 Profits Up 12.5%
Atlanta — The Home Depot shrugged off harsh spring weather to post higher sales and profits in the first quarter. Net earnings increased 12.5...
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