Wrong Color

Details: Category: Blog Blog; Published: 22 April 2014 22 April 2014

I was in Home Depot today and saw their referral program advertised: RedBeacon.com. Is this a riff on K-Mart's old Blue Light Special? But the color's all wrong. Home Depot's color is orange, not red. What's the deal?

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