The Ace Hardware Convention for spring 2016 was a celebration of continued financial growth for the co-op, as well as a push for new heights. The co-op saw revenue boosts across the board for all of its business divisions, and …
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Retailers Help Ahead of the Big Snow
Predictions of heavy snowfall in January sent customers scrambling to buy supplies from their local home improvement stores to prepare for ice, snow and potential power outages. The expectation of nearly 30 inches of snow brought customers to Twins Ace …
Read More »Retailers Find an Array of Ideas, New Products at Orgill Spring Show
Retailers had an array of opportunities – from connecting with other store owners to ordering pallets of products at special prices and examining merchandising trends – at the Orgill, Inc. 2016 Spring Dealer Market. They flocked to a show floor featuring …
Read More »Fab Labs: Workspaces for the Creative DIYer
Here is a way to promote DIY projects that you may want to investigate: Fab Labs. The concept is part of a movement to provide everyday people, often in lower-income areas of the U.S., with access to laboratories for tinkering …
Read More »Ace Hardware Ranks High on Top Franchise List
Entrepreneur has ranked Ace Hardware Corp. in the top 20 on the magazine’s 2016 Franchise 500 list. Ace Hardware ranked No. 14 overall out of all of the individual businesses evaluated for Entrepreneur‘s list, which looks at franchise opportunities across more than 17 different categories. …
Read More »Home Depot’s Sales Up for Q4 and All of 2015
The Home Depot today reported fourth-quarter and overall fiscal 2015 sales growth, crediting a recovering housing market among the reasons for the increases. Sales were $21 billion for the fourth quarter of 2015, for a 9.5 percent increase from the fourth quarter of …
Read More »Business as Usual for Ace Canada, Regardless of RONA-Lowe’s Deal
A partnership that Canadian company RONA made with Ace Hardware in 2014 is unchanged at this time, regardless of news that big-box giant Lowe’s is buying RONA. RONA’s TruServ division, which is a home improvement distributor and former co-op, recently …
Read More »Warren Buffett and Independents That Sell Paint
Paint retail chain J.C. Licht has sold to a private businessman, reaffirming its former owner’s commitment to selling paint only through independent businesses. Elliot Greenberg, a former executive from regional home improvement chain Ring’s End, announced this month that he bought …
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