Sales worsened throughout the quarter given the financial crisis, and previously strong markets such as Seattle, Portland and Spokane in the Northwest posted double-digit same-store sales drops, said Chief Executive Frank Blake on a conference call. On the international front, Canada also began to feel some economic pressure and posted negative same-store sales along with [...]
Anthony Tesvich, a former highly paid Home Depot flooring buyer, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Atlanta to four crimes, including tax evasion and fraud.
He was the mastermind behind a kickback scheme that netted him millions of dollars and filled the pockets of several former Home Depot colleagues with hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]
Inter Milan executed the Home Depot perfect smash-and-grab raid to win 1-0 at Torino on Sunday and open up a six-point gap at the top of Serie A with just four games left.
Julio Cruz’s brilliant diving header on the half hour from Mario Balotelli’s corner proved the difference in a game that saw the leaders [...]
ICI Paints and The Home Depot will launch the first, truly comprehensive and environmentally friendly paint nationwide in April 2008. The Freshaire Choice? Paint offers exceptional quality, free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and is backed by a lifetime guarantee and GREENGUARD certification. Featuring a custom color palette of 66 beautiful colors available through an [...]
The National Football League is again partnering with Home Depot on The NFL Experience, an 850,000-square-foot theme park that coincides with Super Bowl.
The NFL Experience will be open Jan. 26-27, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1-2 adjacent to University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale where the game will be played. The event also will be [...]
A Jiffy Lube franchisee with 13 stores and more on the way is moving its headquarters from Lodi to West Sacramento as it prepares for a growth spurt.
Don Fowler’s Broadbase Inc., which operates Jiffy Lube stores from Fresno to El Dorado Hills and employs about 150, is scheduled to occupy 10,000 square feet of [...]
The Home Depot Inc. wants to build a store in Cameron Park, but some nearby residents are rallying opposition.
The home-improvement retail chain is targeting 33 acres off Highway 50 near Cambridge Road and Country Club Drive. It has submitted a pre-application for a 103,000-square-foot store plus a 35,000-square-foot garden center. Another 123,000 square feet [...]
Photos, personal papers and other items scattered far away by the tornadoes in Kenosha County being collected at Wheatland’s Town Hall.
Kenosha County Sheriff’s Sergeant Gil Benn says people are finding personal checks and papers many miles away.
Town clerk Sheila Siegler says anyone who thinks they found something of personal value can bring the items to [...]
The following recall has been announced:
- 8,500 Intermatic DT27 Digital Self-Adjusting Timers, imported by Intermatic Inc. and made by Ewig Industries Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd. In China, because the timers could have been wired incorrectly, which poses an electrical shock hazard to consumers. No injuries or incidents have been reported. The recalled product is a [...]
Dominion Virginia Power says people have bought nearly 569,000 energy-saving light bulbs under its discount program.
The Richmond-based utility is offering $1.50 off single packs and $3 off multipacks of compact fluoresecent bulbs purchased at Home Depot stores in northern, eastern and central Virginia.
In three months, customers bought 568,822 bulbs, which consume about 75 percent less [...]