Home Depot created an "Office of Pro Acceleration" to coordinate its expanding contractor-focused businesses, technology and fulfillment capabilities as it pursues a larger share of a $700 billion Pro market.
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The major wine and spirits distributor entered bankruptcy after transferring most of its markets to competitors, closing facilities and accumulating hundreds of millions of dollars in unsecured supplier claims.
The pending deal will add nearly 800 Pep Boys locations to Mavis Tire’s portfolio, creating an automotive service network of more than 4,400 locations amid wider consolidation across the automotive aftermarket.
Do it Best Group is relocating True Value’s headquarters from Chicago to Fort Wayne, IN, bringing the retail-owned hardware chain’s corporate base to the home of its new parent company.
The move underscores the continued overlap between retail and wholesale distribution supply chain leadership.
Home Depot posted modest 1Q26 sales growth but lower profit as large remodeling projects remained pressured, while its Pro business stayed resilient and the SRS acquisition continued to bolster contractor-focused demand. Here's the key figures.
It follows a pilot of SIMPL’s technology at a Georgia HD distribution center.
BBB is set to buy Lumber Liquidators parent F9 brands for $150 million, following news of a separate $150 million deal a week earlier for The Container Store and related brands. Get the key details here and context on what to watch from these developments.
With prior digital leadership roles at BP, Uber and Toyota, they’ll now lead the strategy, development and alignment of product management, data and AI for he company.
The updates are designed to help Pros more efficiently manage projects by improving how they build material lists, place orders and coordinate deliveries. It further blurs the line between retail and distribution for a customer base heavily focused on contractors.
The cuts primarily impact remote employees.
The new capability is designed to help pros create project material lists within minutes.
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It follows two decades of restructuring for Office Depot's parent company since its heyday of the 1990s.
Amazon said total compensation will average over $30 with the new enhancements.
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Spanning a half mile end-to-end, the "Retail Support Center" was designed to boost logistics operations and serve its network of over 5,000 stores.
Walmart is overhauling its AI strategy by unifying tools into four dedicated AI agents that each have their own focus — customers, employees, engineers and sellers/suppliers.
Richelieu completed six acquisitions in the first half of 2025, including two in the second quarter, contributing to sales growth in 2Q.
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