Archive for January, 2009
Hurricane Season – Not a Disaster for Home Depot (at Seeking Alpha)
BMHC Announces Closure of Additional Facilities (PR Newswire)
Building Materials Holding Corporation , a leading provider of building materials and construction services to professional residential builders and contractors, today announced that in an effort to continue to align costs with current market conditions, it will close several additional facilities.
Home improvement chains weather tough storm (AP)
A year that started poorly got worse for the nation’s home improvement retailers, as the housing market meltdown pushed the economy toward recession and financial institutions sparked a global economic disaster.
Recycle your Christmas tree (at Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Two Ways To Play: Market Huffs, Puffs, Blows Home Prices Down (at Minyanville.com)
Strengthen your portfolio in good times and bad.
[$$] Two Picks in the Slumping Retail Sector (at Barron’s Online)
Jesup & Lamont likes O’Reilly Automotive and Lowe’s.
3, 2, 1 It’s a New Year for Home Organization (PR Newswire)
With 2009 on the horizon and evidence of holiday gatherings still strewn around the house, the New Year’s resolution du jour is ’store more’! This year, no matter what the space, Lowe’s has the storage solutions to fulfill your New Year’s resolution.