Combining shopping and entertainment stretches the boundaries of the typical shopping experience, and is known as shoppertainment – a trend that reflects the efforts retailers are making to differentiate both large and small businesses with memorable experiences. Read more about the trend in the November …

View a PDF of this story and download premade shoppertainment games you can implement in your store! Shoppers drive out of their way to buy lattes at Starbucks and earn their loyalty stars. They take their families to Cabela’s to marvel at the indoor …

Today, Ace Hardware Corp. announced the launch of a new distributor to serve independent non-Ace retailers and expand the co-op’s wholesale business across the U.S. Hoyoung Pak, president of Ace Wholesale Holdings, answers questions about the new company, Emery Jensen Distribution, …

Ace Hardware Corp. today announced that its wholesale distribution network has expanded coast to coast with the launch of a new distribution arm. The new wholesale company, Emery Jensen Distribution, fits like a wholesale puzzle piece in mid-America for Ace, which bought distribution …

A Texas home improvement retailer is getting attention for his ambitious work to create a store chain that makes sustainable products accessible and affordable enough to become the industry norm. That entrepreneur, Jason Ballard, started the business TreeHouse in 2009 in Austin, Texas. He has …

Retailers stocked up on winter merchandise and ordered for spring at House-Hasson Hardware’s Dealer Market. More than 1,600 retailers attended the market, which the regional distributor hosted earlier this month in Lexington, Kentucky. The show was House-Hasson’s first in Lexington. …

Davis Ace Hardware in Davis, California, regularly offers special events for children—but a recent event got an unusual flurry of interest online. The animated movie “Minions” debuted in July in the U.S., and Davis Ace invited kids to come to …

Ace Hardware’s largest co-op member, Westlake Ace Hardware, is celebrating its anniversary this month, marking more than a century in business.  “For 110 years, generations of customers have relied on Westlake Hardware to be their go-to source for reliable, friendly advice and high-quality …