A new Organized Retail Theft Task Force initiative, announced Friday by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is designed to help coordinate prosecutions across multiple jurisdictions for those who participate in retail theft rings.

Home Depot’s third-quarter was mixed with fewer violent storms reaching shore, more anxiety among U.S. consumers and a housing market that has slumped.

U.S. stocks fell again following a sell-off that swept Europe and Asia.

Iris Delgado started the Huntington Park Run Club two years ago in her largely Latino suburb in the Los Angeles area to provide runners a way to connect to their community.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced charges against seven suspects accused in an organized retail theft ring targeting Home Depot stores, including locations in Duval and St. Johns counties.

Home Depot stores in Southern California have long been an informal hub for day laborers in the country both legally and illegally who are seeking work.

About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.

Lowe’s is buying Foundation Building Materials, a distributor of drywall, insulation and other products, for approximately $8.8 billion as the home improvement retailer intensifies its focus on professional builders.

Home Depot’s sales improved during its fiscal second quarter as consumers remained focused on smaller projects amid cost concerns, but its performance missed Wall Street’s expectations.

Wall Street held near its records.

A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway.

U.S. Border Patrol agents jumped out of the back of a rented Penske truck and made arrests at a Los Angeles Home Depot store during an immigration raid.

A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”.

Home Depot is buying specialty building products distributor GMS Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $4.3 billion.

U.S. homeowners are boosting spending on home renovation projects, bucking a broader pullback by consumers amid diminished confidence in the economy.

Retailers are trying to navigate their way through economic uncertainty in 2025.

U.S. stocks fell as momentum slowed for Wall Street after it rallied from a deep hole nearly all the way back to its all-time high set earlier this year.

The Home Depot opened a new location Thursday morning at the World Commerce Center in St. Augustine, just off International Golf Parkway.

Wall Street fell further from its record as worries worsen among U.S. consumers about inflation and tariffs.

Whether dressed in black, mimicking bare branches or decked out with enough bows for a Taylor Swift concert, the Christmas trees in some U.S. homes this year display an unconventional streak.

The trial of a Clay County contractor accused of killing a client in 2019 is set to continue Friday morning.

Contractors have final approval to tear down old Kmart in Mandarin. Home Depot will replace the Kmart which is located at 9600 San Jose Boulevard.

U.S. stocks rose to one of their best days of the year as Wall Street relaxed after the first of several highly anticipated reports on the economy this week came in better than expected.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. Tuesday at a Home Depot store in Fort Myers.

The Jacksonville Beach Police Department is sending a clear message after two men were arrested on multiple theft charges following a string of thefts at five Jacksonville Beach stores.

Two men were arrested Saturday after police say they robbed an Ulta Beauty store in Jacksonville Beach, according to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department.

Americans increased their purchases at retailers last month – for clothing, dining out, sporting goods and other areas – in a sign that solid consumer spending is still powering a resilient U.S. economy.

Walmart reported strong first-quarter sales results as the nation’s largest retailer’s low-prices continue to draw budget conscious consumers in a challenging economic environment of stubbornly high inflation.

Target has reported another quarterly profit decline and issued a cautious sales and profit outlook for the current period.

Consumers picked up their spending modestly in April from March, particularly in dining out and online, buoyed by a solid job market and easing inflationary pressures.

Multiple people deputies said were involved in a string of equipment thefts in Florida were arrested during an organized crime investigation called “Operation Heavy Lift,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.

Walmart on Tuesday reported strong sales for the holiday season as budget-conscious consumers looking for better deals flocked to its stores.

The Home Depot posted strong profits in its final quarter of 2022, but a tepid outlook for this year is sinking shares of the home improvement retailer.

Home Depot says it’s investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers.

The federal labor board has scheduled a November vote on a petition from Home Depot workers in Philadelphia to form what could be the first storewide union at the world's largest home improvement retailer.

Home Depot workers in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the federal labor board to form what could be the first store-wide union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer.

Home Depot’s fiscal first-quarter sales improved even as the chain faced a slower start to spring, and it raised its full-year guidance.

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Home Depot says a worksheet about privilege that went viral is an unauthorized document from the home improvement company's Canada division.

Jessica Morgan from Jacksonville Mom joined us on our Countdown to Black Friday River City Live Special to give you some tips on when to online vs. in-store. Here are some pointers to help you tackle Black Friday this year.

An employee at the Home Depot in Fleming Island died after an industrial accident last week at the home improvement store on County Road 220, according to an incident report from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

A ride-hail driver has been identified as a getaway driver during a theft spree that targeted different Home Depot stores, according to Clay County investigators.

Target’s sales and profits surged in the first quarter as its customers, emerging from the pandemic, returned in big numbers to its stores for dresses, cosmetics and luggage.

At Walmart, sales of teeth whitener are popping as customers take their masks off.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. factories recovered from frigid February weather disruptions.

Shortly after a group of religious leaders called for a boycott of Georgia-based Home Depot, saying the home improvement giant hasn’t done enough to oppose the state’s new voting laws, Gov. Brian Kemp blasted the idea at a news conference at the state capitol.

In this Oct. 29, 2020 file photo, a passer-by walks past stoves on display at a Home Depot location, in Boston. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, March 24, 2021, that orders for durable goods declined last month for the first time after nine consecutive monthly gains including a sizable 3.5% rise in January. GDP in the October-December quarter rose from an estimate last month of an 4.1% rate. AdEconomists believe all the government relief measures will boost GDP in the current January-March quarter to 5% or higher. “The economy is poised for robust growth,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, March 24, 2021, that orders for durable goods declined last month for the first time after nine consecutive monthly gains including a sizable 3.5% rise in January. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods slumped 1.1% in February with demand in a key sector that tracks business investment also dropping. Orders had been rising for nine consecutive months, including a sizable 3.5% jump in January, according to the Commerce Department. The category that covers business investment dropped 0.8% in February following solid gains of 0.6% in January and 1.5% in December. AdThe report Wednesday showed that excluding transportation, orders would still have fallen by 0.9% in February.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One of the two Home Depot employees struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Regency store last week has died. The parents of Enoch Isaac Jackson III say the 20-year-old man died of his injuries. Enoch III attended Florida State College at Jacksonville, majoring in business management. “Through his life, he saved four other lives,” Jackson Jr. said. That’s amazing in itself.”AdThe viewing for Enoch Jackson III at Holmes-Glover-Solomon Funeral Home on Brentwood Boulevard will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two Home Depot employees were struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the home improvement store on Regency Square Boulevard and rushed to a hospital on Wednesday, authorities said. One of the pedestrians suffered life-threatening injuries while the other one had minor injuries, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man driving a pickup truck pulling a trailer was making a left-hand turn when he hit the two employees, who were wearing their orange vests, near the contractors’ entrance to the Home Depot. According to JSO, the driver told police he didn’t see them and he’s cooperating with the investigation. Home Depot told News4Jax its corporate office will be releasing a statement Wednesday evening.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods shot up 3.4% in January 2021, pulled up by surge in orders for civilian aircraft. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods shot up 3.4% in January, pulled up by surge in orders for civilian aircraft. Orders for civilian aircraft and parts jumped 389.9%. Excluding transportation equipment, which can bounce wildly from month to month, durable goods orders were up a solid 1.4%. AdA category economists watch for hints at future investment -- orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft — rose 0.5%.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a modest 0.2% in December, held back by a big drop in the volatile aircraft sector. Economists had expected total orders would post a stronger advance of around 1% in December but noted that the overall gain was held back by the big drop in aircraft orders. Excluding transportation orders, total orders rose 0.7% in December, and that followed a 0.8% rise in November. “The December data are signaling still strong but slower growth in both business investment and equipment spending.”

Home Depot is considered an essential business and remains open in Jacksonville. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A delivery driver was killed Sunday night when a load of construction materials fell on him at a Home Depot store in Florida, police said. News outlets report that the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. as the driver was making a delivery at a Home Depot store in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg police said the man was not an employee of the store. The man’s name has not been released.

A Florida company has recalled more than 190,000 ceiling fans sold at Home Depot because the fans’ blades can detach while in use. King of Fans, based in Fort Lauderdale, which makes the 54-inch Hampton Bay Mara ceiling fans, announced the recall on Wednesday after receiving 47 reports of blades detaching, according to a statement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. King of Fans said not all of its Mara ceiling fans are being recalled. The CPSC said the recall applies to the company’s Mara ceiling fans with matte white, matte black, black and polished nickel finishes. King of Fans said the ceiling fan malfunctions were caused by “an isolated manufacturing defect with the assembly of the fan blade’s locking clip to the fan flywheel.”CNN Newsource contributed to this report.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. The Commerce Department said Wednesday, Dec. 23 that the November gain in orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, followed stronger gains in recent months including a 3.8% rise in October. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. The November gain in orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, followed stronger gains in recent months including a 3.8% rise in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Analysts are concerned that business investment could begin to fade if the resurgence of the coronavirus curtails demand.

Thousands of Jacksonville families will have toys just in time for the holidays thanks to the public's generosity. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Thousands of Jacksonville children will wake up on Christmas morning with brand new toys thanks to your generosity. If you’ll recall, News4Jax held a toy drive at Channel 4 earlier this month to collect donations for Toys for Tots and our viewers generously donated nearly 1,400 toys. Those toys and thousands of others were given to local families Friday just in time for the holidays. Justin Cabrera, the Toys for Tots coordinator in Jacksonville, said 7,200 children received toys last year, and that number more than doubled this year.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) BOSTON – Home Depot has reached a $17.5 million settlement with the attorney generals of 46 states and the District of Columbia over a 2014 data breach that exposed the payment card information of some 40 million customers. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office detailed the settlement in a statement Tuesday, saying Home Depot agreed under its terms to employ a full-time chief information security officer among other measures. Cybercriminals hacked into Home Depot’s self-checkout point-of-sale systems using a third-party vendor’s username and password and installed malware that harvested the customer data from April through September 2014.

Ron DeSantis stopped in a Boca Raton Home Depot to talk about the importance of preparing in case a storm threatens Florida in 2020, and he also made an announcement about COVID-19 testing. According to DeSantis, both The Home Depot and Publix have agreed to help make testing for Floridians more accessible. It wasnt immediately clear how many Publix and Home Depot locations would have testing sites, but testing began Friday in the parking lot of the Boca Raton Home Depot, where the governor was speaking. So if youre shopping, and you want to get a test, you have the ability, very easy access, DeSantis said. Lets prepare for the worst but hope for the best when it comes for hurricane season.

UF Professor of Anesthesiology Dr. Samsun Lampotang and a team of UF researchers have developed a ventilator that can be made using items from the hardware store. As a UF mechanical engineering student decades ago, Lampotang helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial success. Lampotang dispatched David Lizdas, the lead engineer in his lab, to Home Depot to gather items such as air-tight PVC water pipes and lawn-sprinkler valves. Open Source Ventilator Project: https://simulation.health.ufl.edu/technology-development/open-source-ventilator-project/ Posted by University of Florida on Friday, March 27, 2020Lampotang, an inventor with 43 patents belonging to UF, will not try to patent the ventilator, he said. Nonetheless, Lampotang said his wish is that the ventilator won’t be needed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - President Donald Trump and his advisers insist their trade war with China won't hurt American consumers. The tariffs Trump has already imposed on China are estimated to cost the average American household $600 per year, according to a report by JPMorgan Chase. He said the tariffs on China will wipe out most of the benefits households got from the Republican tax cuts. Trade war casts shadow on economyThe tit-for-tat battle between the world's two largest economies threatens to set off a severe slowdown or even recession. Trump escalated the trade war with China this month by vowing to impose 10% tariffs on $300 billion of U.S. imports from China on Sept. 1.

CNNJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus says he plans to support President Donald Trump in his reelection efforts in 2020. In a rare interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Marcus said: "Trump sucks at communication, but added that, the president deserves praise for boosting U.S. jobs, confronting China on trade and taking action against Iranian and North Korean aggression." Marcus, 90, added that 80 to 90 percent of his wealth will go to the Marcus Foundation when he dies. Marcus has an estimated worth of $5.8 billion and has donated more than $2 billion to philanthropic causes, including $250 million to build the Georgia Aquarium. He also told the newspaper how much he donates to philanthropy depends on Home Depot's success.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(CNN) - Looking for more proof of just how hard it is for traditional retailers to compete in a world that's increasingly dominated by Amazon? Nordstrom and Gap are the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year. Several other big brick-and-mortar retailers are among the market's biggest losers of the first half of 2019. All of those companies have recorded sluggish sales and profits as consumers increasingly shop online. And Home Depot, which faces less competition from Amazon and online shopping in general, is up more than 20%.