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Builders Firstsource. Datlas. Tx., purchased, The Fisher Group, with DCs in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Tx. ...

Christmas Lumber Co.. Harriman, Tn., received assurance that the county development board would assist in rebuildins after a lrlay 12 blaze (see Jutyl p. 16); investigators traced the electrical flre to a battery charger or battery in a golfcart ...

84 Lumber opened new 20,000sq. ft. locations in Shelbyville, Ky. (store mgr. Greg Vance, co-mgr. Patrick Primer, mgr. hainees Glyn Patagoc and J.P. Spalding) and Cabot, Ar. (store mgr. Donnie Campbell, co-mgr. Mel Burton, outside sales coordinator Scott Cunningham, ffigr. trainees James Gore, Eugene Wells, Kevin King and Terry Duffel), and is about to begin construction on an 18,000sq. ft. yard in Granbury Tx. ...

Home Depot opens new stores this month in Orange City, Fl.; East Charlotte, N.C., and Alamo Heights (San Antonio), Tx. the chain commemorated its 100th store opening by wrapping a 2,2OO sq. ft. orange ribbon around the columns of the New York Stock Exchange building

Home Depot reportedly is scouting the Charlotte, N.C., area for room to build a replacement DC; will open stores next year in Jacksonville Beach, F1., and nearby East Arlington, and is considering a Harrisonburg, Va., site

Scotty's expects to have 125 of its stores converted to the Bargain Outlet format by month's end

Lowe's Cos. opens new stores this month in Tampa, Fl., and Tomball. Tx.. and held grand openings for new locations in Largo, Fl. (Darryl Mason, store mgr.). and North Fayetteville, N.C. (Clay Thomas. store mgr.) ...

Lowe's has begun construction on 115,000-sq. ft. stores with 28,000-sq. ft. garden centers on 30 acres in Muscle Shoals, Al., and on 25 acres in Guntersville. Al.. for late 2000 openings; on 20 acres in Kernersville. N.C.. for an early 2001 unveiling, and on replacement stores to open late this year in Henderson, N.C., and early next year in Knightdale, N.C., and on 21 acres in Florence, s.c.

Lowe's will build new stores in Yukon, Ok.; on 2l acres in Stuart, Fl., and on 11.5 acres in South Augusta, Ga.; paid $8.75 million for 25.39 acres in southern Palm Beach County, Fl., and is considering sites in Norfolk. Va., and Tallahassee,

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Ace Hardware Corp. will build a $38.5 million, 770,000-sq. ft. Retail Service Center on 155.4 acres in Prince George County, Va., about 25 miles south of Richmond...

Reliant Buitding Products, Dallas, Tx., has filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection -.

Ryobi North America, Anderson, S.C., agreed to sell its power tool division to Hong Kong-based TechTronic Industries for $107 million ...

Therma-Tru Doors has opened a 400,000-sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution facility in Roland, Ok.; Mike Daman, gen. mgr.

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TruServ Corp. is introducing "IJnity," a store management computer system to automate unit locations and improve communication and e-commerce abilities

Johns Manville's Roofing Systems Group has purchased a facility in Sulphur Springs, Tx., from IION Industies. Inc. for a regional warehouse, DC and, when fully operational, polyisocyanurate foam manufacturing plant; projected opening: first quarter2001...

Streuli Sales, Inc., Greensboro. N.C., earned SmartWood and Forest Stewardship Council certification for Santa Cruz white mahogany...

Coastal Lumber Co.. Weldon, N.C., has acquired the assets of Keystone Wood Treating Corp., Oxford, Pa., including 18 acres of land, two treating plants, dry kiln, automated lumber and plywood stacker and 8,640 sq. fi. of dry storage ...

Ducane Gas Grills,lnc. broke ground for an $8.3 million, 160,000-sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Barnwell (Columbia), s.c.

EqualFooting. c om, Dulles, Va., has become one of two merchant anchor tenants on Yahoo's B2B Marketplace

Anniversari es: Ryan Bros. Inc., Apopka, Fl., 80th ... Dairyman's Supply Co., Inc., Mayfield, Ky., 75th ... General Products Co.. Fredericksburg, Va., 55th Belleview Building Materials, Belleview, Fl., 20th

Housing starts in June (latest figs.) fell 37o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.554 million single family starts dropped 3Vo to a 1.2I4 million rate. multifamilv reached a rate of 305,000 for 5+ units and 35,000 for 2-4 units ... permits held steady at l.5l I million units.

I leld in coniunction with Intemational Hardware Week, the Millennium's first National Hardware Show and companion Building Products Exposition will feature more than 3,000 exhibitors across more than 1.3 million sq. ft. at the Windy City's McCormick Place. The event, said to be the third largest trade show in the United States, is sponsored by the American Hardware Manufacturers Association.

Retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, builders, remodelers and contractors can network, view new products, stay abreast of trends, participate in hands-on demonstrations and attend informative seminars. Over 65,000 industry professionals are expected to attend this year's event, which will cover five floors of the North, South and Lakeside Center buildings. The Expo segment, added in 1992, will feature over 300 building products manufacturers and suppliers, showcasing lumber/wood products, tools/hardware, doors, fencing, flooring, insulation, masonry, moulding, roofing and siding industries, and more.

Special areas returning this year to the Chicago show include the New Product Center, the Packaging Exposition highlighting new concepts in packaging, the Retail Concepts Center and The Resource Center.

Eight free educational seminars will be held Aug. l3-14 in McCormick South Building's fourth floor conference center (see schedule on next page).

The keynote address, "An America We Can Be," will be given by Elizabeth Dole, one-time presidential candidate and head of the American Red Cross, Aug. 14 at 8:00 a.m. in the Arie Crown Theatre of the Lakeside Center. Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski

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Sunday, Aug. l3 . 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mon., Aug. 14.9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tues., Aug. 15 .9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wed., Aug. 16.9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Aug. 13-16 (open during show hours). New Products Exposition, Packaging Exposition, Retail Concepts Center, Resource Center

Aug. 13 .6-8 p.m. Cocktail Receptlon, Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom

Aug. 16.5-6:30 p.m. International Visitors' Reception, Grand Ballroom, McCormick Place South

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Sun., Aug. 15

10-11 a.m. "Attack of the Mini Boxes: Renewed Focus on the Convenience Floor" (Presenter: James T. Robisch, Farnsworth Group) ll a.m.-12 Noon. "Clicks and Mortar" (Mike Jensen, Jensen Distsribution Services; Richard Shane, HomeWarehouse.com) l-2 p.m.. "Evolution of the Salesperson" (Dave Haist, Do it Best; Kevin Hancock, Hancock Lumber; Sam

Gaddis, Georgia-Pacific; Moderator: Thomas Ross, Gilcrest /Jewett)

2-3 p.m.. "Gender-Based Marketing Considerations" (Ellen Baker, Amcraft; Moderator: Jim Epperson, Jr., Epperson Lumber Sales)

3-4 p.m. "Create Value-Added Selling in Lawn & Garden" (Steven Castner, Ames; Neil Shainwald, Arett Sales; Gavin Herbert, Jr., Rogers Gardens; Moderator: Bill Heine, Foster's)

Mon., Aug. 16 l0-11 a.m. . "Recruiting and Retaining Employees with Cross-Generational Strategies" (Marilyn Moats Kennedy, Career Strategies; Moderator: Ken Marble, Horizon Distribution)

1l a.m.-12 Noon . "Redefining the Rep Organization in the New Millennium" (Edward Linaugh, Jr., Mid-Atlantic Agents; Jeff Windstein, Jr., DeJure Windstein; Moderator: Jim Cashmore, ISK Industries; Peter Rush, Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association)

2-3 p.m.. "E-Commerce Solutions: Make Your Customer's Shopping Experience Truly Satisfying" (Tom Todaro. Hardware.com: Todd Mogren, Coastal Tool & Supply; Gary Briggs, Ourhouse.com; Moderator: Robert E. Cannon, Meritool)

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McCormick Place is offering a free shuttle bus to several major hotels, and the Meta Train Service also is available for transporting attendees.

One interesting note of trivia, the National Hardware show, now in its 55th year, was started in New York City in 1946 to fill the pipeline for household goods after World War II. The show has been held for the last 25 years at McCormick Place. A badge gains admittance to both events.

Please visit Building Products Digest andThe Merchant Magazine at Booth # 41225.

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