The Home Depot’s 2Q26 sales were up 5.7%, with Pro segment comps outperforming DIY and SRS performing above the company average in the quarter.
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Two longtime HD executives will oversee Decker's CEO duties during his absence, with the news coming two weeks after the company reorganized leadership to accelerate contractor market share gains.
The company posted its 13th straight month of double-digit daily sales growth as its three largest end markets all improved from June. Get our detailed breakdown and analysis of the figures.
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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Gross margin held steady sequentially despite pricing moderation as Fastenal pointed to continued improvement in end market demand.
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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.
Solid housing construction spend more than offset a third straight private nonres decline. Get the full numbers and growth/decline changes here.
The funding for the rapidly scaling residential home service platform reportedly values Apex at $10 billion, and signals continued appetite for such platforms that are reshaping contractor buying power across key distribution end markets.
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.
Solid housing construction spend more than offset a second straight nonres decline. Get the full numbers and growth/decline changes here.
Ferguson formed a strategic alliance with Contractor Commerce to help contractors modernize online sales, offering self-service buying tools, AI-powered search visibility and eCommerce capabilities directly through contractor websites.
Ferguson posts margin expansion and profit growth in its fiscal first quarter, even as residential end markets remained challenged.
It follows a pilot of SIMPL’s technology at a Georgia HD distribution center.
Pricing is still playing a large — albeit decelerated role — in the company’s strong results, while management was upbeat on underlying demand. Get our in-depth breakdown of Fastenal’s 1Q metrics.
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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.
That business segment generated about $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue and has approximately 31,000 employees
Most of it comes from a common stock financing round for the company that plans to expand throughout the U.S. Sunbelt region.
