by Annie Dameworth | Jul 23, 2025 | Industry News, Trends & Products
Single-family housing starts decreased in June to the lowest rate since July 2024, due to elevated interest rates, rising inventories and ongoing supply issues in the housing sector, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). While overall housing...
by Annie Dameworth | Jul 17, 2025 | Industry News, Trends & Products
Behr Paint Company recently announced its partnership with Google Cloud to provide a personalized paint shopping experience for customers. Combining Behr’s color data with Google Cloud’s AI capabilities, Behr has built an AI-powered agent named ChatHUE to help...
by Jacob Musselman | Jul 16, 2025 | Industry News
The Pittsburgh Paints Company (PPC) notified customers that it will implement price increases of 5.8% on its products beginning August 15, citing rising production and distribution costs. Additional higher increases on a smaller group of products were also announced,...
by Annie Dameworth | Jul 16, 2025 | Industry News, Trends & Products
The 17th edition of Bricoday, the leading B2B event for the DIY, technical, home improvement and decoration industries, is expected to be a record-setting event. 460 companies are participating in Bricoday so far, with 150 new entries. The show will be hosted at...
by Annie Dameworth | Jul 16, 2025 | Industry News, Trends & Products
Back-to-school shoppers have already begun purchasing items for the upcoming school year this month, according to an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Two-thirds (67%) of shoppers began their shopping...
