Home improvement businesses are expecting lower profits this year as demand tapers off and U.S. shoppers pull back spending on big-ticket items like appliances and furniture.  The Home Depot and Lowe’s both reported drops in comparable sales for their second-quarter earnings. In addition to changing customer habits around large purchases, […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In the long, tumultuous labor history of the United States, Grand Rapids is not seen as one of the key players. Those honors belong to the workers in Chicago, Detroit and other industrial cities. But the union movement was present in West Michigan and made […]