Arthur Rosenberg

Arthur Rosenberg

September 20, 2011

Lowe’s Closes Stores; Not Menard!

Recently an article from a somewhat obscure source came across my desk.  The headline referenced two store closings in a...

September 15, 2011

Home Center and Hardware Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Ace Hardware Corp., announced that Dorvin D. Lively most recently Exec VP and CFO has left the company...

September 13, 2011

How Walmart’s Scattered Merchandising Policies Helped Save Kmart

When Walmart news hits the New York Times, as it often does, it’s generally big news.  One of the latest...

August 25, 2011

Home Center and Hardware Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Lowe’s Cos. promoted M. Lee Reeves to Senior VP, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. ProBuild Holdings President...

August 23, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Barnes & Noble announced that Miwa Messer has been named Director of the Discover Great New Writers program....

August 23, 2011

A New 84 Prototype Eyes the DIY Customer

We all know that this industry has been suffering half a decade from the double whammy of its proximity to...

August 15, 2011

Aggressive Expansions and Contractions Across the Discount/Specialty Database Files

Recently we have seen an unusual array of companies, representing distinct aspects of CSG’s seventeen market segment database of Discount...

July 21, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates | July 2011

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts announced that Jim Durkin will join Autopart International as President.  Prior to joining Autopart International,...

July 11, 2011

Best Buy Shrinks

The leads to the stories generally read as, Best Buy looks to reduce its big-box store square footage by 10...

July 7, 2011

Home Center/Hardware Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: BMC appointed Keith Costello as its VP Sales.  Handy Hardware announced that Kenneth White, a partner at consulting...

June 17, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates | June 2011

Personnel Updates: Blockbuster’s new owner Dish Network (EchoStar Communications) announced that it has named a president for its newly-acquired subsidiary,...

June 16, 2011

Hats off to hh

Source: William M at en.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons The other day an article came across my desk.  Essentially it combined...

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