Sears Holdings is restructuring to reduce its costs by $1 billion in 2017, the company announced Feb. 10. The retailer has seen steadily declining sales at its Kmart and Sears stores, and has been looking for ways to get profitable again. Earlier this year, …
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The National Hardware Show® Wants to Know What You Would Do With $100K
The National Hardware Show® will be awarding one lucky retailer $100,000 to invest in the future of their business through its Reimagine Retail Program. The program is open to all independently owned home improvement/hardware retailers. Retailers will be able to enter …
Read More »Exclusive: Target Talks Open House Relaunch
In July 2015, Target launched Target Open House, a concept store in San Francisco that invites Internet of Things (IoT) entrepreneurs to debut their products in a retail space where consumers can interact with items before they buy them. IoT …
Read More »Sears Spinoff Building Relationships With Independents
Sears Holdings Corp. may be struggling financially, but its spinoff, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, is growing with the help of independent retailers. In fact, James Cabirac, owner of Kief Hardware in Cut Off, Louisiana, opened a Sears store-within-a-store this …
Read More »Round Top Mercantile: A Hardware Love Story
To view a PDF of this story, click here. The February issue of Hardware Retailing seems just the right time for telling a hardware love story. February is not only the month of Valentine’s Day, but it’s also the month …
Read More »Newest Store Owners Add Value to Community Treasure
While many long-time hardware stores are passed down through families, Town Hardware & General Store’s many owners over the last 90 years just seemed to be at the right place at the right time to enter the hardware retailing industry. …
Read More »Tech Tools for Retail Stand Out at National Show
From Jan. 15-17, the National Retail Federation (NRF) welcomed thousands of retail industry professionals to its annual convention, Retail’s Big Show 2017. The event provided attendees with opportunities to network with other retail professionals as well as listen to experts on …
Read More »How Home Depot Analyzes and Uses Customer Data
The Home Depot collects data from digital resources, such as its website, promotional emails and social media, and uses that information to drive traffic to stores and better target its advertising and marketing efforts. A Home Depot executive discussed those methods Jan. 16 at …
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