Home improvement store operators

Shoppers exit a retail store in downtown Chicago, Ill., Saturday, May 22, 2021. For consumers shopping on Memorial Day this year, much of that shopping will happen online, as opposed to inside a physical store. But regardless of where you shop over the holiday weekend, there are plenty of ways to save money, including making a list ahead of time, setting a budget and spreading your search across a variety of stores. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Millennial Money: Set your strategy for Memorial Day sales

By Courtney Jespersen Of Nerdwallet May. 25, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021 file photo, shoppers arrive at a Macy's in Charlotte, N.C. Macy’s emerged from an unprecedented year by swinging to a profit and it upped its expectations for the year. The retailer on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, posted net income of $103 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Retailer results so far show people are going out, spending

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 18, 2021 12:52 PM EDT

A Home Depot store is shown, Friday, May 14, 2021, in North Miami, Fla. Home Depot continues to fill the needs of the surging housing market during the pandemic, with fiscal first-quarter sales soaring and blowing past Wall Street's expectations. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

New year, same results; 1Q sales roar at Home Depot

By Michelle Chapman May. 18, 2021 06:40 AM EDT

FILE - A customer covers face as he walks to a Lowe's home- improvement store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Lowe’s Cos. extended its strong sales streak through the holiday season as customers kept investing in their homes during the pandemic. The nation’s second largest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot reported that fourth-quarter profits almost doubled from a year ago, while sales rose 27%. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Lowe's 4Q results surge as people plow money into homes

By Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 24, 2021 09:20 AM EST

Shopping carts are lined up at The Home Depot store on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Cornelius, N.C. The Home Depot’s fiscal fourth-quarter sales surged 25% as the home improvement chain continues to meet the demands of consumers stuck at home and a resilient housing market. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

In year of pandemic, Home Depot became supplier to millions

By Michelle Chapman Feb. 23, 2021 06:50 AM EST

A sign advises holiday shoppers of social distancing to battle the spread of the coronavirus Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colo. After a weak start to the holiday season for many mall-based retailers, the strugglers are making their final push in the final days before and the week after Christmas. Many are stepping up discounts while heavily promoting curbside pickup as a way to get shoppers, worried about being infected with the virus, to visit their stores. But experts believe that any burst of sales will be too little and too late to save some stores. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The holidays could make or break struggling stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 21, 2020 02:56 PM EST

A parking lot nearly empty of the cars of holiday shoppers is shown at the Mall of New Hampshire, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, a sign that Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season. The U.S. Commerce Department also revised October’s number, saying on Wednesday that retail sales actually fell 0.1% that month, instead of rising 0.3% as it previously reported. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in 7 months

By Joseph Pisani Dec. 16, 2020 08:56 AM EST

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, a specialist works at his post on the trading floor, Monday Nov. 30, 2020, in New York. Companies in the S&P 500 reported that their earnings held up surprising well in the third-quarter despite an economy still struggling to recover from the virus pandemic. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP, File)

3Q earnings offer an unexpected light in pandemic darkness

By Damian J. Troise Dec. 03, 2020 10:10 AM EST

Best Buy reports 3Q results that exceed Wall Street views

By Anne D'innocenzio Nov. 24, 2020 11:41 AM EST

FILE - In this March 22, 2020 file photo, customers wearing masks walk into a Lowe's home improvement store in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles. Lowe's announced Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 that it is handing out another round of bonuses to recognize its front-line employees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sales surge at Lowe's as the homebound take on more projects

By Michelle Chapman Nov. 18, 2020 07:53 AM EST

FILE - In this April 3, 2020 file photo, a Home Depot customer pushes a cart loaded with supplies in New York. Home Depot is buying HD Supply Co., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products in the multifamily and hospitality end markets, in a deal valued at about $8 billion. The transaction is expected to close during Home Depot's fiscal fourth quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Isolated Americans spend at home; Home Depot is there for it

By Michelle Chapman Nov. 17, 2020 06:39 AM EST

Home Depot reunites with HD Supply in deal valued at $8B

By Michelle Chapman Nov. 16, 2020 11:22 AM EST

Lowe's to hand out another round of bonuses worth $100M

Oct. 07, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

FILE- In this March 22, 2020 file photo customers wearing masks walk into a Lowe's home improvement store in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles. A massive surge in online sales and increased business at its U.S. stores helped push Lowe’s second-quarter performance above analysts’ estimates. Similar to rival Home Depot, Lowe’s Cos. has experienced stronger interest in its products as people continue to stay home amid the virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

DIY projects ramp up in pandemic, and so do sales at Lowe's

By Michelle Chapman And Anne D'innocenzio Aug. 19, 2020 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 file photo, people walk through the parking lot at a Target store in Oklahoma City. Target has reported that its sales as measured by a key metric registered their strongest performance to date for the company’s fiscal second quarter. It's the latest evidence that big-box stores are becoming consumers' prime shopping destinations during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Aug. 19, 2020 06:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores. The company said the policy will go into effect on Monday, July 20, 2020 to allow time to inform stores and customers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Virus-induced spending spurs sales at Home Depot, Walmart

By Anne D'innocenzio Aug. 18, 2020 07:34 AM EDT

Lowe's retooled online business pays off during the pandemic

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 20, 2020 12:28 PM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

May. 19, 2020 01:15 PM EDT
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Stocks mixed...Home building plunges...Walmart profit surges

May. 19, 2020 10:41 AM EDT
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A clerk assists customers at the garden center at a Home Depot store in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. As swaths of Pennsylvania prepare for a limited reopening Friday, some fed-up business owners are jumping the gun and have resumed serving customers in defiance of Gov. Tom Wolf’s shutdown order. Home Depot said Wednesday that "many essential items" are in the outside garden area of its stores, including building materials, retaining walls, and drainage and repair products. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)

Cost of spreading virus weighed on Home Depot in early 2020

May. 19, 2020 06:37 AM EDT