Mills Fleet Farm opens in Minnesota store
Brainerd, Minn.-based Mills Fleet Farm opened its 34th this month with its signature silo in a building previously occupied by Lowe’s in Cambridge, Minn.
The Lowe’s store closed in August 2011, after opening in August 2009.
According to an article in the Isanti County News, the new 140,000-sq.-ft. store is the first to have a full-blown log cabin inside at the sporting goods area of the store.
Mills Fleet Farm operates 34 locations across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota.
Industry Dashboard for Oct. 14, 2013
Unemployment and monthly sales figures were missing from the picture due to the ongoing government shutdown. Meanwhile, stocks showed weaker-than-usual progress.
From Eastwood Co., a new pressure washer
Pottstown, Pa.-based The Eastwood Co., innovators of do-it-yourself automotive restoration tools and accessories, introduced an Electric Pressure Washer that the company says makes quick work of power-washing vehicles, decks, driveways, siding and boats.
Mark Robideaux, Eastwood product manager, says the product generates up to 2,175 psi, with a working pressure of 1,450 psi. It sells for about $200.
Eastwood’s Electric Pressure Washer also includes two soap tanks, one that can be filled with car wash soap, and the other with a stronger solution specifically for siding, concrete and decks.
Robidoux added, "Our new model has all the features people want in an easy-to-use, pro-quality washer, things like adjustable soap-dispensing, pinpoint-to-12-in.-wide pattern adjustment. And it plugs into any standard 120-volt outlet."
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