{"id":9735,"date":"2017-06-20T12:21:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=9735"},"modified":"2017-06-20T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:21:10","slug":"datatrac-home-center-and-hardware-chains-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/06\/datatrac-home-center-and-hardware-chains-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Home Center and Hardware Chains \u2013 June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Personnel Updates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span>Ace Hardware <\/strong>is bringing in John Sommers, a <strong>Home Depot<\/strong> vet,<strong> <\/strong>as its new VP of Merchandising, effective July 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>McCoy\u2019s Building Supply<\/strong> promoted Joshua Whitley to Controller.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Mills Fleet Farm <\/strong>named Derick Prelle as its new President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Sears Holdings<\/strong> President of Online, Stephan Zoll, has left the company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Industry Insight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Boise Cascade Company<\/strong> is marking its 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary as a combined organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Lowe\u2019s <\/strong>laid off approximately 120 IT workers; some of the functions will be offshored to India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Orgill <\/strong>announced that its new distribution center in Post Falls, ID is open for business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Mergers and Acquisitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>PPG <\/strong>has called time on its ill-fated bid to acquire Akzo Nobel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span>Sherwin Williams<\/strong> received Federal Trade Commission approval to acquire<strong> Valspar, <\/strong>contingent on the company\u2019s selling Valspar\u2019s North America Industrial Wood Coatings business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personnel Updates \u2022\u00a0Ace Hardware is bringing in John Sommers, a Home Depot vet, as its new VP of Merchandising, effective July 10. \u2022 McCoy\u2019s Building Supply promoted Joshua Whitley to Controller. \u2022 Mills Fleet Farm named Derick Prelle as its new President and CEO. \u2022 Sears Holdings President of Online, Stephan Zoll, has left the&hellip; 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