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Builders Association of Northern Nevada (BANN) Forms Strategic Alliance with Home & Garden Center DIRECT (hgcDIRECT) “BANN Together for Change”
Consistent news of the down economy hasn't slowed BANN from expanding their reach and influence over the local market. Seeking additional avenues to stimulate the building industry, an alliance was struck with hgcDIRECT, a local entrepreneurial company, forging a relationship centered on overcoming... - January 31, 2009 - Home & Garden Center DIRECT
ArdiBathrooms.com – The Largest Collection of Bathroom Vanities Now Available
Not long ago thousands of people’s favorite online store updated its web site, offering the biggest collection of bathroom vanities, sinks, faucets and other bathroom stuff for the bathroom of one's dream. - January 26, 2009 - Ardi Bathrooms
The Garage Design Center Exhibits at The St. Louis Auto Show
As the premier garage organization company in St. Louis, The Garage Design Center announces their largest exhibit ever will be displayed at the entrance to the St. Louis Auto Show January 29-February 1st. Located at the main entrance of the St. Louis Auto Show, experts will help patrons design... - January 04, 2009 - The Garage Design Center
DirectBuy of Gurnee Helps Three Young Women Get a Second Chance at Life
DirectBuy of Gurnee helps raise $30,000 for three young women in need of life changing assistance. - November 11, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Fort Lauderdale Helps Habitat for Humanity Through Rain, Sleet, Snow or Hurricane
DirectBuy of Fort Lauderdale helps turn two Habitat Houses into homes. - October 28, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Helps Family Host for the Holidays
DirectBuy awards Barryville family $50,000 to complete kitchen renovations in time for Thanksgiving. - October 15, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy $25,000 Grand Prize Makes College Dream a Reality
DirectBuy awards single mom with cash prize. - October 15, 2008 - DirectBuy
Local Home Improvement Store Matches Big Box Charitable Donation, Silver Lake Home Center #1 Habitat for Humanity Sponsor in Area
Habitat for Humanity lauds Silver Lake Home Center's generosity and consistency as primary charitable housing sponsor. NH charitable organization depends on partnerships that stand the test of time as sponsors for building homes for the needy. Although smaller than the Big Boxes, SLHC donates each year the amount recently donated by an area national home improvement chain. In addition to their own involvement, SLHC encourages their vendors to participate, donating roofing, vinyl siding, etc. - October 02, 2008 - Silver Lake Home Center
Spa Care Made Easier with Launch of New SpaGuard® Web Sites
SpaGuard.com and SpaGuard.ca are valuable resources for spa care and maintenance tips. - September 26, 2008 - SpaGuard
DirectBuy of Spokane Helps Build Two Duplexes for Local Habitat for Humanity
DirectBuy helped Habitat for Humanity finish their Blitz Build project in Spokane, WA. - September 17, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Columbia Hires Expert Kitchen Designer Tim Watkowski
DirectBuy has expert kitchen designer Tim Watkowski on staff to help members with their home renovation projects. - September 16, 2008 - DirectBuy
‘PermaFLOW™ – The ‘No Pain Drain’ Approved for GreenSpec Listing
PermaFLOW™ Self Cleaning ‘No Pain Drain’ – launched earlier this year by PF WaterWorks™, has been selected to appear in BuildingGreen.com’s GreenSpec Directory of environmentally friendly building materials. The GreenSpec directory is the leading national... - September 11, 2008 - PF WaterWorks
DirectBuy of Gurnee Celebrates Move to New Design Showroom
Low-cost alternative to retail is a one-stop shopping destination for consumers furnishing, remodeling or building a new home. - August 05, 2008 - DirectBuy
Art-and-Home.Net Expands Tapestry Wall Hanging Collection
The Art and Home Tapestry collection has grown. What started as a few dozen tapestries, has now reached nearly 1,400 tapestries, the largest collection Art and Home has ever carried. - July 30, 2008 - Art & Home
DirectBuy Opens New Members-Only Design Showroom in Moncton
Members-only, one-stop shopping destination offers a low-cost alternative for home improvement needs. - July 29, 2008 - DirectBuy
Howdy, Partner...Klinger Manages, Becomes Partner in DirectBuy of Buffalo
After working as a General Manager for DirectBuy of Buffalo, Mark Klinger becomes partner. - July 29, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Buffalo Names Klinger General Manager
Former CPA, Mark Klinger becomes general manager of DirectBuy Buffalo. - July 29, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Selects Fine Living Network (FLN) as Sole Media Partner For Its First Multi-platform Advertising Campaign
Fine Living Network (FLN) joins DirectBuy, a national members-only showroom and home design center, in a long-term arrangement that represents DirectBuy’s first ever multi-platform advertising campaign. - July 23, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Savannah Hosted Grand Opening Celebration
DirectBuy’s members-only, one-stop shopping destination offers a low-cost alternative for home improvement needs. - July 16, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Members Trade Membership Card for Franchise
Former members open Columbia home improvement design showroom. - July 15, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Sponsored the First Kevin Everett Golf Classic Weekend
It’s good! DirectBuy of Buffalo Sponsored the Inaugural Kevin Everett Golf Classic Weekend. - July 10, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Tri-Cities Held Grand Opening Gala at New Design Showroom
Members-only, one-stop shopping destination also sponsoring upcoming Tri-City Water Follies hydroplane race heat. - July 10, 2008 - DirectBuy
Nothing Second-Hand About Giving: DirectBuy of Buffalo Donates Furniture and Fixtures to Buffalo’s Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
DirectBuy of Buffalo donated imperfect furniture, fixtures and other items to the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church of Buffalo’s benevolent fund. - July 09, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Pinellas County Celebrates One Year of Member Service
Pinellas County DirectBuy showroom offers local area residents thousands of items for their homes. - July 08, 2008 - DirectBuy
Everybody's Going Surfing, Surfing DirectBuy L.A.
DirectBuy Los Angeles launches new website to promote services. - July 02, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Buffalo Provides Tips on Setting Up Your Home Office
Get inspired designing your home office. - July 02, 2008 - DirectBuy
Bringing the Indoors Out: DirectBuy Offers Tips on Setting Up the Perfect Outdoor Kitchen
Helpful hints on how to set up an outdoor kitchen in your backyard, patio or pool area. - June 25, 2008 - DirectBuy
Ella's Addresses the Threat of Bathroom Falls for Aging Adults
Slip sliding away may be a catchy phase for a pop song, but when you’re slipping getting in or out of the tub it’s no laughing matter. When this song was written, the Baby Boomer generation would never have thought about bath tub safety. But that’s all changing now that millions... - June 25, 2008 - Ella's Bubbles
Decorative Construction Supply, Inc. Largest Distribution of Decorative Concrete Products in North Texas Opens June 2008
Decorative Constructions Supply, inc announces its Grand Opening Events to be held July 9-11, 2008 in Mesquite, Texas. Demonstrations will be held on all Decorative Concrete Products to include premier concrete products from Kemiko, Colormaker, SureCrete Designs, Xcel, Fossilcrete, Smith Paints, and much more. - June 18, 2008 - Decorative Construction Supply, Inc.
DirectBuy Franchise Owner Named One of Fairfield County’s Top “40 Under 40”
DirectBuy co-owner of Fairfield County, Connecticut ranked as top business professional for 2008. - June 17, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Pittsburgh Donates a Kitchen to Hospice of Western Pennsylvania
DirectBuy of Pittsburgh helps raise funds for Hospice through donation. - June 11, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Houston Southwest Creates a “WE CARE” Program
DirectBuy implements program to enhance employee relationships. - June 10, 2008 - DirectBuy
Tarps Prove Important for Businesses and Home Use – New Website Offers a Wide Variety of Tarps for Both Uses
Since so many people are using tarps for business and home use, a new website has begun to offer a variety of tarps online. Tarps-togo.com is a fairly new website, although the company has been selling tarps offline for years. From heavy duty tarps for construction sites, to pop up canopy tarps for home use, this new site is offering easy access to a wide variety of tarps that businesses and home owners can find useful. - June 06, 2008 - Tarpstogo
DirectBuy Home Makeover Winner’s Sad Morning Turns Into Happy Ending
DirectBuy Member who had to part with her beloved pets won the $25,000 Home Makeover Giveaway. - June 04, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Members, Spring and 17 Years of Success
DirectBuy of Suffolk County celebrates helping families and thanking loyal members. - June 03, 2008 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Fresno Featured on Valley Life
DirectBuy, a members-only, one-stop shopping destination brings a low-cost alternative for home improvement needs to area consumers. - May 27, 2008 - DirectBuy
ATG Stores Hires New Executives to Help Catapult Growth
ATG Stores, a leading online retailer of home design and remodel fixtures, announces the hire of two new executive level managers. Joining the company are Mark Mills - VP of Retail Operations, and Michael Pinkowski – Director of Marketing. - May 22, 2008 - ATG Stores
PF WaterWorks Introduces 'Clean and Green' Commonsense Drain Management
Three years ago, a team of professionals from Texas and Oklahoma oilfields concluded that there must be a better way to maintain a clean drainage system. Resolving to find a solution that enhanced self-sufficiency while protecting the environment, a technology was developed to simplify the obvious,... - May 17, 2008 - PF WaterWorks
ATG Stores Launches American-Made Lighting Website
ATG Stores, a leading multi-channel online retailer of home design and remodel products, announces the launch of a new specialized site dedicated entirely to American-Made lighting, AmericanMadeLighting.com. - May 08, 2008 - ATG Stores
ATG Stores Launches Eco Lighting Website
ATG Stores, a leading online retailer of home design and remodel fixtures, announces the launch of a website dedicated entirely to green lighting for the home, EcoLightingUniverse.com. - May 04, 2008 - ATG Stores
Go Green with a Water Saving Faucet Aerator
Flow Wright, Inc. offer Several Green Solutions. - May 04, 2008 - Flow Wright, Inc
DirectBuy of Brooklyn and Queens Members Buy More and Save More in 2008
DirectBuy of Brooklyn and Queens, the leading members-only showroom and home design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices, reported an increase in member purchases in the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the first quarter of 2007, the total dollar volume of member purchases increased nearly 15 percent in the first quarter of 2008. - May 02, 2008 - DirectBuy of Brooklyn & Queens
Promoting from Within a Good Call… DirectBuy of Vancouver Promotes Sasha Idema
DirectBuy of Vancouver, the leading members-only showroom and home design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices, recently promoted Sasha Idema to Call Center Manager. - April 30, 2008 - DirectBuy of Vancouver
Houseneeds.com Opens New Sales/Showroom in the Heart of Vermont
Offering Common Sense Heating and Cooling Solutions for every house, now in a brand new convenient location. - April 30, 2008 - Houseneeds, inc.
ATG Stores Expands Into More Divisions of Home Improvement
ATG Stores, a leading online retailer of home decor and remodel products, announces its expansion into new divisions of home design. - April 24, 2008 - ATG Stores
Foreverstore.com Introduces a New Line of Dualit Products
Foreverstore.com introduces a new line of kitchen appliances by Dualit, a British manufacturer. Products include colorful toasters, mixers, choppers and other appliances. - April 23, 2008 - Foreverstore.com
ATG Stores Launches New Niche Websites
ATG Stores, a leading online retailer of home decor and remodeling fixtures, announces the launch of several new niche sites to be added to its family of stores. - April 19, 2008 - ATG Stores
MAIL BOSS Introduces Wall Mount Security Locking Mailboxes for Mail & Identity Theft Prevention
The Wall Mount Locking Security MAIL BOSS offers home owners a truly “secure” solution to mail and identity theft prevention. High resolution product images and press materials are available for use at http://www.themailboss.com/Press_Release_Materials-Mar08/. There you can also find two short .wmv video files that reveal the gross inadequacy of so called “secure” mailboxes on the market. - April 03, 2008 - Epoch Design, LLC
Houseneeds.com Teams with Fafco to Sell Hot2o Solar Hot Water System Coast to Coast
For over 35 years, Fafco has been the pioneer in the use of polymer solar collectors, now they introduce the first and only polymer solar household hot water heating system. - March 26, 2008 - Houseneeds, inc.
Just in Time for Spring: Spa and Hot Tub Care and Maintenance Tips from HotTubWorks, the Leading Online Retailer of Spa Supplies
You can ensure many years of enjoyment and relaxation from your spa with just a little bit of tender loving care and regular maintenance. - March 21, 2008 - Hot Tub Works