Arthur Rosenberg

Arthur Rosenberg

April 24, 2014

Company Snapshot: The Sherwin-Williams Co. Stops Short of Mexico

Address: 101 W Prospect Ave Cleveland, OH 44115-1075 Telephone: 216 566-2000 Internet Homepage: http://www.sherwin-williams.com Year founded: 1866 Total Stores: 3,908...

April 21, 2014

Company Snapshot: Netflix

Address: 100 Winchester Circle Los Gatos, California 95032 Phone: (408) 540-3700 Year Founded: 1997 Total Annual Sales: $4,374,562,000 Senior Executives:...

April 17, 2014

Industry News: Home Center and Hardware Chains – April 2014

Personnel Update: ABC Supply Co. promoted Todd Buehl to the position of CFO and Treasurer.  Buehl, who joined ABC Supply...

April 14, 2014

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – April 2014

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts, Inc. announced the appointment of Geno Coradini as VP, Real Estate. Mr. Coradini will lead...

April 10, 2014

Home Depot Puts Its Money Where Its Omni Channel Is

From its inception, Home Depot has operated from a platform which quickly took this industry by storm.  The company’s founders...

April 7, 2014

Addition by Contraction: Major League Baseball Takes a Lesson from Retail

There are many merchandising techniques available to retailers which are designed to increase sales and maximize profits. One in particular...

March 27, 2014

Company Snapshot: Ace Hardware Corp.

Address: 2200 Kensington Ct. Oak Brook, IL 60523-2100 Telephone: 630 990-6600 Internet Homepage: http://www.acehardware.com Total Annual Sales: $4,154,200,000 Senior Executives:...

March 24, 2014

Company Snapshot: Family Dollar Thrives On the Recession

Address: 10401 Monroe Rd. Matthews, NC, 28105 Telephone: 704 847-6961 Year Founded: 1959 Total Stores: 8,090 Total Annual Sales: $...

March 20, 2014

Industry News: Home Center and Hardware Chains – March 2014

Personnel Update: Aaron’s has named Michael P. Ryan as VP of Franchising. He replaces Todd Evans, who is leaving the...

March 17, 2014

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – March 2014

Personnel Updates: Amazon.com announced the retirement of Senior VP eCommerce Platform Brian Valentine who presided over Amazon’s e-commerce tech infrastructure...

March 13, 2014

Patrick Lumber and the Pittsburgh Steelers

Just the other day, two stories came across my desk as I was updating the Building Products section of Chain...

March 12, 2014

Walmart Doubles Down, But Can’t Really Express Itself

Last month this space featured an Insight titled, Finally, Target Joins the Trend: Radical Downsizing.  The piece noted that as...

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