At the end of 2018, fewer Americans were planning to buy a house in the next 12 months than during the year prior—but members of the millennial generation were the most likely to plan a home purchase. The National Association …
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Ace Hardware Is Focused on Retailer-Centric Change and Growth
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Onward and Upward By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org Ace Hardware Corp. is on a growth path that maintains its retailer-owned cooperative model, continues to pursue its core values and finds new, adaptive ways to …
Read More »Brothers Grow a Business by Saving Struggling Stores
From Famine to Flourish Brothers Martin and Art Ruggiero—owners of Desert Foothills Ace Hardware in Phoenix—were already business partners before most kids their age had moved on from their high school and college jobs. Their father, Al, had opened a …
Read More »Insight From 3 Ace Hardware Executives
Hardware Retailing magazine spoke with three top executives from Ace Hardware Corp. to learn more about the co-op’s latest merchandising, logistics and marketing initiatives. John Surane, Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising and Sales Officer Lori Bossmann, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain …
Read More »Venhuizen Q&A: Ace Maintains Mission While Embracing Change
John Venhuizen President and CEO Venhuizen has worked at Ace Hardware for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of leadership positions. In the past, he has overseen marketing, business development, strategy, supply chain, IT and Ace International. Hardware …
Read More »Trends at the International Home + Housewares Show
The International Home + Housewares Show spotlights new products and growing trends in the housewares category. Visit TheRedT.com/chef-chad for a video from Hardware Retailing exploring more of the small appliances trending in the housewares category. The March 2019 event in …
Read More »The Faces of Ace Hardware: Retailer Profiles
To give readers a more complete view of Ace Hardware Corp., we profiled retailers who have found success as members of the co-op. Read about Oceanside Ace Hardware in California and Boston’s Ace Hardware in Arizona by clicking on the …
Read More »Homeowners Make Project Plans for 2019
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org Fewer homeowners are planning projects to redo, improve, repair or maintain their houses early in 2019 compared to the year prior, according to fourth-quarter research from the nonprofit Home …
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