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Planning a successful event takes times and preparation. To help make your next event a favorite among customers and community members, we created an event planning checklist. This resource provides different tasks you must accomplish to have a successful event …

Member Insurance Agency, Inc., the largest provider of insurance to co-op and independent hardware stores in the U.S., has a new advisory committee composed of retailers that will help guide the agency in delivering customized insurance products for the hardware and building …

Payroll, advertising, utilities, rent and more all add up to your total operating expenses–and if one of those expense lines gets too high, it cuts into your store’s profit. Ask yourself the following questions to determine if your expenses are …

Have you thought about how you will attract the interest and spending of customers shopping for Father’s Day gifts? In 2015, consumers spent $13 billion on gifts for dads, according to a National Retail Federation survey. That spending is significantly less than what shoppers …

To view a PDF of the story, click here. To download a press release template to help connect you with area media outlets click here. By: Liz Lichtenberger llichtenberger@nrha.org , Jesse Carleton jcarleton@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org. Make Some Noise Circulars, newspaper ads, TV commercials… These are …

Whether it’s an event your store is holding, an award it recently won, or something else, there are plenty of reasons to put together a press release that you can send out to local media to gain some additional publicity …

To view the complete PDF of this story, click here. By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org Earth’s biggest traditional retailer has an impressive resume: logistics powerhouse, everyday-low-price pioneer, global influencer and billionaire maker. Starting in the 1960s, Walmart began turning retail upside down …