One stop shopping

November 16, 2002

In industry lingo, Home Depot and other mass retailers are known as "category killers." Such stores dominate their niches in the market to the point where they drive out smaller competitors.

But a group of local home improvement retailers are attempting a novel way to compete with the hardware giant by banding together to offer their own form of one-stop shopping. [Read The Full Article]

9th Annual ROY Awards Ceremony - July 19, 2002

September 2002

A crowd of more than 400 was on hand when AMERICASMART-ATLANTA, co-sponsors of the July 2002 Atlanta International Area Rug Market with the Oriental Rug Retailers of America (ORRA), announced the winners of the Retailer of the Year (ROY) Awards. [Read The Full Article]