by Mike Duff | Mar 19, 2026 | Retail Articles
Home Depot is marking the approach of its key spring selling season with its Spring Starts event, running March 19 through April 1, while building on its FIFA World Cup partnership with David Beckham. Outdoor spaces are a focus of the Spring Starts events, and not...
by Mike Duff | Feb 25, 2026 | Retail Articles
Home Depot beat a Wall Street earnings estimate despite a slide in overall fourth-quarter sales and profits as comps during the period showed a small improvement. Net earnings were $2.57 billion, or $2.58 per diluted share, versus $3 billion, or $3.02 per diluted...
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...