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Home centers u€ed to consider houseware opportunities... demographics change market... experts offer merchandising advice... Hardware show and Great American Hardware Sale join in revitalization effort.

Housewares manufacturers have joined the National Retail Hardware Association in the push to revitalize the housewares section of the home center industry. Lambert speaks for both groups when he says "Enough retailers are experiencing good sales and profits to convince us that the right combination of basic housewares, merchandise selection, retail display, pricing and promotion can produce very acceptable results..." Home centers, too. can be part ofthis experience.

As part of the emphasis program. housewares were stressed at the August National Hardware Show and will be included among items spotlighted in the annual Great Fall Hardware Sale sponsored by the National Retail Hardware Association, Oct. l-31.

Builders Sr1rune has opened the first ol'thrce slrlrcs planncd lbr Portland. Or.. in an 80.000 sc1. lt. convcrted K n(trl...parent co. K murl Corp. proiccts opcning 27 additional Builders Squores in thc rtcxt six rttonths...

Suppll Olc, Sacramento. Ca., has opcned an 80"0f[ sq. ft. hontc center. lunrber yard and nursery in Hillsboro. Or. " with plans fbr three nrore Portland arca units.. .Ltunlterrrutn '.s plans to build a store ncar Silvcrdale. Wa. ...

Prr.r'/r'.s r Crr.s/rr r u.ir li, . i : acqu i ri ttg Knox [,uniter Co. for an undiscloscd amount. ..W R. Gucehas all its retail units including homc ccnters up fbr sale individually as wcll as in a packege dcal.

National Lumbe r is building a 60.fin sq. li. store in Canyon Springs Plaza betwccn Morongo Vallcy and Rivcrside. Ca.; cornpletion is set fbr June 1987. Hundt'nrun, which just oprcned No. ll in National City (San Dicgo), Ca., is building a $2 nrillion storc in ncarby Vistu...

Wickes Cos. has closecl 7 Handv Dan Honrc Centers in Colorado and 8 Builder'.s L)mporium units. 2 in Las Vegas. Nv., 1 each in Chatsworth. Riversiclc. Lakewood, Bcllflower, San Jose and Santa Clara. Ca. ...the latter 2 u'ill rcopen lts Ort'hqrd Supply Hardvvure Stores...

H()nt(Clrrl) /rr<'. has opcnecl a second l<xation in Aurora. Co., and its 24th Califurnia store in Stanton..,,4// Americcut Home Center, Downey, Ca.. is remodeling...

CoLlins Cttshv:cy, Loveland, Co.. hacl added 20.000 iq. li. of space in a Sl-50.000 remodeling.

Cttuk Luttther, Murray.Ut. , has closed its Salt Lake Citv. Ut.. home center. ..Happv Horne Cenrcr, Vista. Ca., has been liquidated...

Sutherlund Lmnber is purchasing property in La Mirada, Ca., for $2.8 million. ..Big Wlla' Lutnber C'o. , Bieber. Ca., has completcd a 2;f 000 sq. li. nillbldg. ..Siernt Luniltcr Co., Rivcrside, Ca.. has a ncrv 3,2(X) sq. tt. storage bldg. ... l'irtst Hunlxoorl, San Dicgtt, Ca.. is aclding a 12,000 sq. l-1.. 3-sidcd storage bldg. ..ltu.ff'Lunthtr Co. Santa Fc Springs, Ca.. has a new 5.000 sq. ft. pl1'u,oocl st0ragc bldg. .. .Sr:arvaly Fore.s/ Prurlttr'ls lvhich n.u'l'ed onto 2% acres in Wilnringkrn, Ca.. fionr offices in Newpotl Beach, Ca.,early this ycar, is a new 7iu.iJ,rlsl distrihultrr...

Crt'stul ktkehtntber Co. is a new whoicsaler in Albuqucrque, N.M.. started by Ken McCaskcy. ..Heuldsburg Lrunber Gr. Healclsburg, Ca.. has opcned anew Heultlsburg, Door und Suslt Co. division, Manuel Figucrla. nlgr....

Di.ulent LLnnber, P<l-tland, Or.. has purchasecl a cit1,'block and converted it to include 12.000 sq. ft. of'officc spucc. the 3i450.000 cxpansiott is lo hlks. fronr co. HQ...

Wcysvllsvlltgr Crr. is buying CrrlWtr xl Drtrtr from Tiuber^latul Industrics lrtt'., Bellevuc, Wa.. tbr aboLrt $6 nril1ion. Louis iu tttt- Puc ifi t' Co rp. plans to l'tuy Tirriltt'r'Rt'ttliiutiut Ctt. (see p. 39 fbr story).

Maxxutn Group 1rrc., which purchased Pacific Lumber Co. in Feb., had second quartcr losses of 56.8 million. .Wi l lamette htdu.s t rics }rc', will acquire Kie*'it Continantul irr'. timberlands in Ar. and La. for an undisckrscd sunr...

Westem Wtxil Tizatinc. Woodland. Ca.. has acquired land in Fonlana. Ca., fbr a wood treating plant... Benrl Millv,ork, Bend, Or., will open a ?.9.q52 sq. ti. No. Ca. distribution Hq. in Bcnicia. Ca. ...

Gunahl Luntbcr Co,. is rcbuildrng ils Arrowhead, Ca., store, which was dcstrovcd bv firc. with a Nov. I rc- opcning clate... Prtrr Lrurtbt'r Crt.. Chino. C'a.. is cclcbratirrg its l0th annivcrsrtr\'...'l-ltrtrrtus Frtrt'.tl Pnttlttt t.s.l:ugctrc. Or.. hus opcnccl u ('incinrtlrtr. Oh.. t'l'It.....

Srttrtrtrrrt Worxltvrtrk:, lrr'. , Pctalurna, Ca.. has acquiretl Hcals Up l-or an uncliscloscd anrount. ..Jolttt Boo.s & Co. has rclocatecl its warchousc facilrtics to Oranse. Cu. ...Cluirsotr Ititnrutionul cxpEcts to complete its nerv Reno. Nr,.. nrlg. facility by Oct....

Wc,s I v,ood P rod u ct.s, Salent, Or. will acquirc D&M ll'orxl Prrulucts. Rrrtlancl, Or. ...Zir<vn hi(rtrutionul 1nc'. has movcd to a ncw 15,000 sq. ti. facil ity u'ith nranu f acturirrg capabil itics in Crrnphell. Cl. ...

Ov'ert s -Conri ttg Fi be rgl u s Ca r1t. has rejectcd a $74 a sharc tcnder ol'lbr nrade byWirkes Cos" ...lrn7teriul Clrcmitul Industrics (Crcat Briain) is acquiring Hrutvn Industrias' Glidtlert paint div. fbr $580 rnillron cash.. l!lrlrr, hu: rnovccl lo new quartcrs itl Rancho l)ominqucz. Ca

T?L'hlnv,,lrr: , Denver. Co., is ctxducting a $1O1.Offi miurclatory aLrclit of the trcatcd w<xld industry's volLttrtary Consumer Awalcness Progrant fbr the Socirlr of Anrcriutn Wnd Prcseners, lrc'. and lhe Atncriaut Wtod Presen' e rs Institutc...U.S. wood preserving conrpanies arc being asked to contributc to the contpliancc audit lvhich is a key to the ll7's dctcrmination of thc efll'ctircncss ol thc volunurly CAP...

Wirlynl Cory. hasconrpleted acquisition t>{ St. Churles Mt'ig. Cct. anJ {orrrted Whirlpool Kitchttns htc. ... Nortek, Inc. has acquired Urti','ersul Runtllc Corp.for an estimated $47 rurillion...

SoJltt,td lurttbtr irrtlxtfls, nol including siding and flooring, from Canada in June were down 2.2 % from May at 1.32 billion b.f. ...total b.f. of Canadian softwood lumbcr importcd in the first half of '86 was 7.36 billion b.f , 3.4% more than in the sr.unc period 1985...

Housing surns dippecll.8% in July (latest figs.) to an annual rateol 1,81t3,000 units. .single family horncstarts were down 3.9 7o; apartment starts rose 2.2% building permits wereaff 2.1%...

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