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Kate Klein

Kate is profiles editor for Hardware Retailing magazine. She reports on news and industry events and writes about retailers' unique contributions to the independent home improvement sector. She graduated from Cedarville University in her home state of Ohio, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English and minored in creative writing. She loves being an aunt, teaching writing to kids, running, reading, farm living and, as Walt Whitman says, traveling the open road, “healthy, free, the world before me.”

Lumber Liquidators Guilty in 2013 Case, Will Pay $10M

Federal agencies are still investigating formaldehyde in Lumber Liquidators’ Chinese-made laminate flooring, which brought a firestorm of federal scrutiny and class-action lawsuits this year – but the company settled a 2013 case this month. In 2013, special agents from the Immigration and …

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House-Hasson Retailers Race to Market

House-Hasson Hardware is hosting its fall dealer market in Lexington, Kentucky, this year for the first time due to growth in the northern portion of its 17-state service area. Lexington was chosen as the market site because the distributor has …

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Amazon Wants to Move in With You

Amazon is already a click away on your smartphone or computer, but you can bring the online retailer even closer to home through Dash buttons – small devices made for ordering products. Now Amazon is available to share your kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and …

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How Horicon Hardware Hank Sells Old Tools

Dave Konrath, owner of Horicon Hardware Hank, has turned a hobby into a pursuit of products for impulse selling. Konrath enjoys collecting old tools at garage sales—a natural enough hobby for a hardware man. But he’s also a retailer with an …

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Orgill Finalizes Chalifour Canada Buy

Chalifour Canada

Orgill Canada Hardlines, a subsidiary of Orgill, Inc., today announced the completion of a deal to buy the hardware assets of Chalifour Canada Ltd. The purchased assets include Chalifour Canada’s London, Ontario, distribution center, as well as the hardware inventory in …

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Playing Around at the Hardware Store Game Night

A game night at Yoder’s Shipshewana Hardware turned work into play for employees, and play into shopping for customers. The store in Shipshewana, Indiana, hosted the event for the first time this year, and despite postponements due to stormy weather, …

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Home Depot Argues for Bank Responsibility in Breach Case

Home Depot has asked a federal court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit because a 2014 data breach exposed customer information that “could not have occurred were it not for the banks’ own lack of security measures,” according to court documents. …

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