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Home Center
A home improvement center, home improvement store, or home center is a retail store that combines the functions of a hardware store with those of a lumber yard. Home improvement stores typically sell building supplies, tool, tools, and lumber. By market Australia Prominent outdoor retailers in Australia include Bunnings, Home Hardware (Australia), Home Hardware, Mitre 10, Thrifty-Link Hardware, Total Tools and True Value Hardware. Canada A prominent outdoor retailer in Canada is Rona, Inc., Rona. United Kingdom As of January 2025, B&Q is the most prominent UK home improvement retailer with over 300 stores. This is followed by Wickes with over 200 stores. United States Prominent outdoor retailers in the United States include Home Depot, Lowe's, and Menards. References External links {{retail-company-stub Home improvement Hardware stores Retailers by type of merchandise sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Tools
Metcash Limited is an Australian wholesaler and conglomerate company that distributes food, liquor and hardware. The company is headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney. History Davids Holdings In 1927, Joe David founded his first corner store in Woolloomooloo, Sydney trading as Davids. Having expanded to six stores, in 1935 Davids opened a wholesale warehouse in Redfern. Harbottle Brown & Co acquisition In 1966, Davids enters the liquor market purchasing Harbottle Brown & Co. AG Campbells acquisition In 1980, the AG Campbells wholesale business was acquired. Australian Liquor Marketers In 1987 the business was renamed Australian Liquor Marketers. Introduction of IGA brand The IGA brand was introduced to Australia by Davids Holdings in 1988 when 10 stores became members of IGA. Metcash In 2000, the business was rebranded to Metcash. Foodland acquisition In 2005, Metcash and Woolworths purchased Foodland. Under the agreement, Foodland was divided int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Improvement
The concept of home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating, making improvements or making additions to one's home. Home improvement can consist of projects that upgrade an existing home interior (such as electrical and plumbing), exterior (masonry, concrete, siding, roofing) or other improvements to the property (i.e. garden work or garage maintenance/additions). Home improvement projects can be carried out for a number of different reasons; personal preference and comfort, maintenance or repair work, making a home bigger by adding rooms/spaces, as a means of saving energy, or to improve safety. Types of home improvement While "home improvement" often refers to building projects that alter the structure of an existing home, it can also include improvements to lawns, gardens, and outdoor structures, such as gazebos and garages. It also encompasses maintenance, repair, and general servicing tasks. Home improvement projects generally have one or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menards
Menard, Inc., doing business as Menards, ( ) is an American big-box home improvement retail chain headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is the third-largest home improvement retailer in the United States (behind Lowe's and Home Depot), with 341 stores in 15 U.S. states, primarily in the Midwest. The chain is privately owned by founder John Menard Jr. Company history 20th century In 1958, John Menard Jr. began building post-frame buildings to finance his college education. By the end of 1959, he found it necessary to hire extra crews, and to purchase more pieces of equipment to keep up with demand. After graduating from the Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire (now University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire) in 1962, Menard purchased land in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and built an office and shop. The company was founded in 1960 and incorporated in 1962. The first Menards hardware store opened in 1964. By opening a truss plant in the late 1960s, Menards grew to produce more subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. ( ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States. As of October 28, 2022, Lowe's and its related businesses operated 2,181 home improvement and hardware stores in North America. Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain in the United States (previously the largest in the U.S. until surpassed by Home Depot in 1989) behind rival the Home Depot and ahead of Menards. It is also the second-largest hardware chain in the world, also behind the Home Depot, but ahead of European retailers Leroy Merlin, B&Q, and OBI. The company previously operated in Australia through the Masters Home Improvement joint venture until 2016, in Mexico until 2019, and in Canada until selling its operations (which will be consolidated under the Rona brand) to Sycamore Partners in 2023. History The first Lowe's store, Mr. L.S. Lowe's North W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc., often referred to as Home Depot, is an American multinational corporation, multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In 2021, the company had 490,600 employees and more than $151 billion in revenue. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, with an Atlanta mailing address. Home Depot operates many big-box store, big-box format stores across the United States (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands); all 10 provinces of Canada; and all 32 Mexican states and Mexico City. Maintenance, repair, and operations company Interline Brands (The Home Depot Pro) is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States. It is the seventh List of largest U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickes
Wickes Group plc is a British home improvement retailer. It is the second largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom, behind B&Q. Whilst open to the general public, its sales of supplies and materials are predominantly orientated towards tradespeople. It is a specialist of kitchen and bathroom installations, with display showrooms at its locations. In April 2021, it was spun-off from Travis Perkins, and then re-listed on the London Stock Exchange. History In 1972, the United States–based Wickes Companies, whose operations included a chain of lumberyards, teamed with British builders merchant ''Sankeys'' to open the first Wickes store in the United Kingdom. By 1987, Wickes was trading from 41 locations, and was floated on the London Stock Exchange under the leadership of CEO, Henry Sweetbaum. Serious accounting irregularities, involving the overstatement of profits, were uncovered in June 1996. In November 1996, Bill Grimsey was appointed CEO, to oversee it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Value Hardware
The True Value Company is an American wholesaler and Hardware store brand. The corporate headquarters are located in Chicago. Historically True Value was a cooperative owned by retailers, but in 2018 it was purchased by ACON Investments. In October 2024, True Value filed for bankruptcy and competitor Do It Best agreed to purchase the company. The purchase was completed in November 2024. The independent retailers True Value supplied, branded as "True Value", are not part of the bankruptcy and will continue operating. History True Value Company was originally composed of four hardware cooperatives and a hardware wholesaler: American Hardware & Supply (ServiStar), Coast to Coast Corporation, Cotter & Company (True Value), and Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company. Cotter & Company was established in 1948 by John Cotter with 12 original member stores. The cooperative grew in membership and, in 1962, Cotter & Company purchased the assets of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company (forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
