On Monday, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW)’s shares declined -0.70% to $68.15.
Z-Wave Alliance, a global consortium of over 325 member companies supporting the Z-Wave wireless IoT standard, is excited to declare that home improvement company Lowe’s has joined its membership with the Iris by Lowe’s smart home solution. A retail destination for a variety Z-Wave smart home devices, Lowe’s joins a diverse and growing membership of companies committed to the Z-Wave brand.
Launched in July 2012, Iris by Lowe’s is a smart home solution created to monitor and control virtually everything in the home anytime, anywhere, from a computer, smart phone or tablet. Lowe’s was among the first companies to target the mass consumer market with a broad home automation solution and to introduce a truly open platform, with the customer support that consumers have come to trust from Lowe’s.
The addition of Iris by Lowe’s to the Z-Wave Alliance comes after a huge growth period for the group. In the first half of 2015, Alliance membership grew an astounding 20 percent in the first half of 2015, adding more than 60 new members to the organization’s roster. Z-Wave has led the market in interoperable smart devices for the home since the first Z-Wave product was certified in 2004. With 40 million IoT devices in the market recently, Z-Wave has proven to be a leader in the smart home, lifestyle security and IoT industries.
Lowes Companies, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. The company offers products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, and home decorating. It provides home improvement products under the categories of kitchens and appliances; lumber and building materials; tools and hardware; fashion fixtures; rough plumbing and electrical; lawn and garden; seasonal living; paint; home fashions; storage and cleaning; flooring; millwork; and outdoor power equipment.
HD Supply Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HDS)’s shares gained 0.12% to $32.32.
HD Supply, Inc, an indirect wholly-owned partner of HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (HDS) declared its intention to enter into a new Senior Secured Term Loan Facility, the proceeds of which the Company intends to use, together with cash on hand and borrowings under its existing Senior Secured Revolving Facility, to refinance its existing Senior Secured Term Loan Facility. The Company anticipates the new Senior Secured Term Loan Facility will mature in 2021 and will permit the Company to pay down certain existing indebtedness, counting using the predictable proceeds of the recently declared sale of its Power Solutions business unit to redeem all of its outstanding 11% Senior Secured Second Precedingity Notes due 2020 (the “Second Precedingity Notes”). The Company presently anticipates that the Power Solutions transaction will be accomplished in the Company’s fiscal third quarter; however, there can be no assurances that the transaction will be accomplished, as it is subject to market and other customary conditions. The Company anticipates the new Senior Secured Term Loan Facility will generally contain terms and conditions compriseent with its existing Senior Secured Term Loan Facility; however, there can be no assurance that a new facility will be accessible on terms satisfactory to the Company or that the Company will enter into any such facility.
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. operates as an industrial distributor in North America. The company’s Facilities Maintenance segment offers electrical and lighting items, plumbing, appliances, janitorial supplies, hardware, kitchen and bath cabinets, window coverings, textiles and guest amenities, healthcare maintenance, and water and wastewater treatment products, in addition to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning products.
At the end of Monday’s trade, Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT)‘s shares surged 0.53% to $22.72.
American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly owned partner of Mattel, Inc. (MAT) (www.mattel.com). American Girl has partnered again with pediatrician and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Cara Natterson, on a new go-to guide for moms and daughters. The new three-book set, The Care & Keeping of Us: A Sharing Collection for Girls and Their Moms, provides the tools to get the conversation going on topics most top-of-mind for growing girls—from body basics, hygiene, and healthy habits to friends, social media, clothing, and more. The new advice series is a follow-up to Natterson’s 2013 American Girl bestseller The Care & Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls, which has sold over 400,000 copies to date.
The collection, featuring two books—one for tween girls, one for moms—is filled with talking tips, conversation starters, and how-to-say-it scripts on a range of issues adolescent girls face growing up. The books are designed to inspire meaningful talk aboutions and assist build close, trusting relationships at a time when girls need it most. The Care & Keeping of Us also comprises a hardbound keepsake journal filled with sharing tips and activities, in addition to simple prompts to keep the dialogue open. The journal also has space for photos and mementos, and two bookmarks to mark important pages the other reader needs to see.
Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of toy products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: North America, International, and American Girl. It offers dolls and accessories, vehicles and play sets, and games and puzzles under the Mattel Girls & Boys brands, counting Barbie, Monster High, Disney Classics, Ever After High, Little Mommy, Polly Pocket, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, CARS, Disney Planes, BOOMco, Radica, Toy Story, Max Steel, WWE Wrestling, and Batman.
Cameron International Corporation (NYSE:CAM), ended its Monday’s trading session with -0.90% loss, and closed at $63.89.
Cameron (CAM) plans to hold a conference call on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. eastern time to talk about its financial results for the third quarter of 2015. The company anticipates to issue a press release on its quarterly financial results the same day, before the U.S. markets open.
Cameron International Corporation provides flow equipment products, systems, and services worldwide. The company’s Subsea segment offers integrated solutions, products, systems, and services to the subsea oil and gas market, including integrated subsea production systems involving wellheads, subsea trees, manifolds and flowline connectors, and subsea processing systems. Its Surface segment provides onshore and offshore platform wellhead systems and processing solutions, including valves, chokes, actuators, Christmas trees, and aftermarket services to oil and gas operators. This segment also offers rental equipment and artificial lift technologies; and products and services involving shale gas production.
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