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...It counts makers of flooring, paint, insulation, roofing and modular homes among its subsidiaries....
...Too many digital service and ecommerce companies believed that their rapid growth during pandemic lockdowns heralded a lasting uplift in revenues, rather than a one-time extraordinary bump that quickly subsided...
...That would put Nordstrom in competition with the likes of Williams Sonoma and Crate & Barrel....
...Shares in Williams-Sonoma, an upmarket lifestyle retailer, gained nearly 4 per cent on an earnings beat....
...Mr Cohodes, who lives on a chicken farm in Sonoma County, California, said he became interested in Home Capital after seeing a 2013 presentation by Steve Eisman, one of the central characters of The Big...
...“There is a tremendous need on campus for refitting, replumbing, rewiring, re-roofing and making energy efficient the buildings that already exist,” he said....
...The shares of Williams-Sonoma, which sells upmarket home goods, fell 6.1 per cent to $53.35 in sympathy with Restoration Hardware....
...Back then, the Birches were making a modest living from their web service BirthdayAlarm.com, which sends out birthday reminders....
...Shares of Weibo, the Twitter-like service spun out of Chinese internet group Sina, slid 11 per cent to $18.05 after its quarterly loss widened from a year earlier....
...The two units account for more than half of Williams-Sonoma sales....
...Chief executive Mike Thaman said the company’s insulation business returned to profitability in the quarter and roofing would “deliver another strong year” in 2014....
...“From roofing to runways, we are determined to ensure that the bidders develop a real empathy for our military customers’ requirements, which they can then build into the development of their competitive...
...He is repeating accusations he made to the European Commission, which resulted in an investigation that included raids on Velux’s offices....
...In particular, he cites the impact on productivity of another raft of FMCSA proposals, known as hours-of-service rules, that would tighten limits on drivers’ working hours....
...At Berkshire, Mr Sokol quickly developed a tough reputation for turning round faltering businesses, working his magic at Johns Manville, a roofing company, and then at NetJets, the fractional jet ownership...
...Customers continued to focus spending on items such as plumbing and roofing repairs, or small flooring or bathroom improvements, rather than large discretionary projects....
...Gourmet cookware retailer Williams-Sonoma rose 12.3 per cent to $27.10 after posting strong fourth-quarter results that easily beat analyst estimates....
...The two-bedroom, two-bathroom flat, which enjoys view of the Golden Gate Bridge, is in one of the city’s best buildings, with a full-service doorman....
...Sad departures Aim is continuing to lose companies steadily, many for all the wrong reasons, so it was a relief to find Solar Integrated Technologies, the Californian solar roofing specialist, announcing...
...The Paris-based group has also asked more than 100 lenders to Monier, the former Lafarge Roofing business, to prepare for negotiations on restructuring its more than €2bn of debt by forming a steering committee...
...Serco, the support service group, is aiming to boost its US business with its largest acquisition to date, offering $423m for SI International, a provider of information services to the Department of Defense...
...Williams-Sonoma fell 9.9 per cent to $20.01 after the home furnishing retailer reported a decline in same-store sales and cut its full-year outlook....
...Mr Mueller, the former chief executive of the Williams-Sonoma retail chain, said he wanted Qwest to continue to provide good customer service and have profitable growth while keeping spending disciplined...
...SIG, the specialist insulation and roofing group, was in focus on Wednesday as takeover rumours circulated....
...Building insulation and roofing group SIG slumped 7.2 per cent to 710p as Ireland’s Kingspan cautioned on the outlook for the building materials market....
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