Renee Changnon, retail engagement specialist for the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA), has been to more stores than she can count. In her eight years with the association, she has taken over nine road trips to stores across …
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3 Ways to Improve Your Plumbing Category
A core category, plumbing may not be considered the most inspiring area of your salesfloor. However, investing in categories that are regular traffic-drivers can lead to more knowledgeable team members, which creates more satisfied customers and increased sales. Hardware Retailing …
Read More »How It Pays to Be Customer-Centric
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Todd Taber, ttaber@nrha.org Customers Are King Are your customers being served? For many independent retailers, offering superior customer service is a differentiator against big-box competitors. But in the day-to-day bustle of …
Read More »Social Media Pointers From Your Association
Once you’ve found your starting point on social media here, take some time to discover how the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and Hardware Retailing use social media. Check out this overview of our online haunts and the …
Read More »McGuckin Hardware Captivates the Community on Social Media
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Hardware Retailing staffers Melanie Moul and Todd Taber contributed to this article. Socially Inclined McGuckin Hardware’s slogan is “Colorado’s favorite everything store,” and for the Boulder, Colorado-area …
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