Midwest Glove’s children’s glove line features high-impact, impulse recognizable graphics with point-of-sale tags for fast moving sales. The new Ninja Turtles garden gloves and gear products feature the distinctive Ninja Turtles graphic and include: gripping and jersey garden gloves, bucket …

The Pail Partner has a battery-powered lift that adjusts to the appropriate height to pick and place pails. Its special yoke securely holds a plastic or metal pail just below its rigid collar. The Pail Partner can carry loads of …

The new Werner Lightweight Performance Extension Ladders are designed to minimize the risk of injury from lifting or transporting heavy ladders. They minimize the risk of injury when a job requires working with or transporting fiberglass extension ladders. The new …

The holiday data breach at Target appeared to be part of a broad and highly sophisticated international hacking campaign against multiple retailers, according to a report prepared by federal and private investigators that was sent to financial-services companies and retailers. …

Last weekend, United Hardware retailers got a chance to see thousands of products and learn more about new opportunities during the United Hardware January Buying Market, held Jan. 10-12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Gear Up, Get Outdoors One area …

The National Retail Federation reported that December retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, increased 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month, and 4.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year. Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 3.8 percent …

“You have great employees,” is the comment I want to hear most from customers. It goes right to the heart of a strategy that is essential to compete in today’s volatile retail environment. Customers’ expectations are higher than ever. Whether …

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes fell one point to 56 in January from a revised December reading of 57 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). “Rising home prices, historically …