by Mike Duff | Jan 30, 2026 | Retail Articles
The Home Depot is laying off 800 employees concurrent with a plan to bring staffers back to its Atlanta headquarters office full time. According to a Home Depot spokesperson, 800 roles associated with the Atlanta store support center have been eliminated. In...
by Mike Duff | Jan 27, 2026 | Retail Articles
In its 2025 Home Improvement Retail Benchmark Study, Market Force Information stated that Ace Hardware and Menards earned the highest customer experience scores in the home improvement category based on the factors most tied to loyalty: helpful staff, store ease and...
by Mike Duff | Dec 10, 2025 | Retail Articles
Baby Boomers account for 33.7% of sales in the United States, down 10 points since 2020, but they still are a formidable consumer generation. The ongoing Numerator Generations Hub study of verified purchase and survey data indicated Boomer income levels skew lower...
by Mike Duff | Dec 10, 2025 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The Home Depot laid out its 2026 priorities at its Investor and Analyst Conference, providing what it has dubbed a “Market Recovery Case” regarding the potential of the do-it-yourself sector. As part of the presentation, Home Depot reaffirmed its 2025...
by Mike Duff | Nov 18, 2025 | Retail Articles
The third quarter was disappointing for Home Depot, with earnings falling short of the prior-year period, but comparable and net sales making some progress. Net earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2025 were $3.6 billion, or $3.62 per diluted share, compared with...
