As it works to provide independent LBM dealers with innovative digital tools to support pro contractor customers, Do it Best is now offering exclusive pricing for Toolbx—a B2B solution designed to help contractors approve quotes, place orders and pay their …

Ace Hardware has marked the opening of its 100th new store of 2025. Over the past five years, Ace has opened more than 930 new stores and remains on pace to open more than 175 by the end of 2025. …

Ace Hardware has launched RedVest Media, The Helpful Network, its new retail media network (RMN) designed to give brands the ability to engage with Ace shoppers with highly targeted, full-funnel advertising across online channels.  “Ace has always been about helping …

During the Fall 2025 Ace Convention, Hardware Retailing managing editor Lindsey Thompson explored the convention center floor at McCormick Place in Chicago, looking for new and exciting products. Here’s what she found: Stain Pad Original Cut-to-Size | Makrs Woodworking Tools …

As retailers walked the aisles of the market floor, sat in on educational sessions, met with vendors and service providers and attended the general session, a common theme running through the Fall 2025 Ace Convention was finding ways to differentiate …

Last August, along with celebrating 100 years of serving the independent channel, Ace Hardware also unveiled its new experiential store format, ELEVATE³ Ace, at the 2024 Fall Ace Convention. During this year’s 2025 Fall Convention, Ace Hardware celebrated its one-year …

Embodying leadership, grit and a passion for the independent channel, this year’s Young Retailer of the Year honorees prove that the future of the industry is in good hands.  The Young Retailer of the Year program, now in its 29th …

Orgill has hired Julie Albrecht as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. She will join the company on August 18. Albrecht brings more than 35 years of leadership and finance experience across multiple industries, including building products, …