HIR-News-04-06-20

HIR: SBA Offers Emergency Funds View Online SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISING INFO           LATEST NEWS, EVENTS & FEATURES                            April 6, 2020 Small Business Administration Offers Emergency Funds to Combat COVID-19 On March 27, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law. Read More Locally Owned Ace Hardware Stores To Hire More Than 30,000 Employees With 75% of people in the United States living within 15 minutes of an Ace Hardware, we are a trusted, local resource embedded in communities across the country. Read More Granite Awarded Runway Reconstruction Project Granite’s scope of work includes reconstruction of a 20-year-old runway with approximately 40,000 cubic yards of concrete, 25,000 tons of hot-mix asphalt, 22,000 tons of aggregate base, 40,000 tons of asphalt treated base rock and 60,000 tons of wildlife rock… Read More Color Expert Leatrice Eiseman Shares Trends, Nine Palettes for Homes and Interiors in 2021 After The Inspired Home Show 2020 (formerly the International Home + Housewares Show) was cancelled due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, IHA and Eiseman worked together to release a video presentation with what would have been her Monday keynote at the Show. Read More   Lowe’s Temporarily Increases Hourly Wages and Implements New Safety Efforts Our announcement includes a temporary $2 an hour wage increase for all full-time, part-time and seasonal hourly associates for the hours they work at Lowe’s stores, contact centers and supply chain facilities in the U.S. and Canada for the month of April. Read More The Strength of Digital in a COVID-19 World While storefront retailers may have cursed and complained about the sales competition from e-commerce in the past, contemporary circumstance demonstrates exactly why the cyber-world can’t be ignored. Read More Dodge Momentum Index Eases Back in March The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. Read More   CoVent-19 Challenge Asks Millions of Designers and Engineers to Respond to the Ventilator Crisis The CoVent-19 Challenge is open to teams and individuals anywhere, and finalists will work directly with Stratasys 3D printing experts and the CoVent-19 Challenge team to turn their designs into prototypes for testing. Read More Home Depot Announces Business Updates in Response to COVID-19 The Home Depot has introduced several benefits enhancements to take care of its associates. To-date, the company has… Read More “Stay Focused On Universal Needs and Aspirations” Advises Consumer Trend Expert IHA and Tom Mirabile share highlights from what would have been his keynote address at The Inspired Home Show 2020 if it hadn’t been cancelled. Read More Mayhew™ ISO 9001:2015 Certification Extended through May 2023 and Granted Additional Accreditation Through ANAB This accreditation certifies Mayhew’s Quality Management System applicable to Design, Configuration Management, Manufacture and Distribution of hand tools has been assessed and approved by the NQA against the provisions of the ISO 9001:2015. Read More Grainger Elects to Draw Down on Revolving Credit Facility to Supplement Strong Cash Position This is a proactive measure to increase the company’s cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertainty in the global markets resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

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