Q: How do you spend your free weekends?Mike Brackin (MB): Golf or taking our boat out to Lake Powell in Utah.Ian McNaughton (IM): We are blessed with four kids ages 16 ½ to 9, and we also raise cattle on our …
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Consumers Want to Shop Locally This Holiday Shopping Season
As we head into the holiday shopping season, Vericast, a marketing solutions company, found that consumers want to shop early and shop local. Because of anticipated shipping delays, 55 percent of respondents said they will shop in person instead of …
Read More »2021 Retailers’ Choice Awards Recognize Top-Quality Products
The North American Hardware and Paint Association hosted the 2021 Retailers’ Choice Awards as part of the National Hardware Show and NHPA All-Industry Conference. The Retailers’ Choice Awards, which started in 1966, recognize innovation in manufacturing and a commitment to …
Read More »HIRI Predicts Additional Growth for U.S. Building Products Market
The Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI), the nation’s leading resource for market research concerning the home and building products industry, forecasts the total U.S. building products market will build on its already exponential growth of 2020 and 2021. HIRI predicts …
Read More »NHPA All-Industry Conference Connects and Educates
The North American Hardware and Paint Association brought together attendees from all over the home improvement industry for three days of education and networking at the NHPA All-Industry Conference. The conference, held in conjunction with the National Hardware Show (NHS) …
Read More »NHPA All-Industry Conference Recognizes Top Guns, Retailers’ Choice Products
Day 2 was a busy one for the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s NHPA All-Industry Conference, full of awards and accolades. NHPA awarded high-performing retailers in the industry, recognizing three Top Gun honorees for 2021. Mike Brackin, president of …
Read More »NHPA All-Industry Conference Back in Action
The home improvement and hardware industry is once again back together for three days of education and networking at the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s NHPA All-Industry Conference. The conference, held in conjunction with the National Hardware Show (NHS) …
Read More »Hot Products – October 20, 2021
Corrugated Signs (sponsored product) Desperate Enterprises introduces our newest and coolest product line of Premium Corrugated Signs. These fun, beautifully crafted signs are perfect for your favorite wall in your favorite place! Full-color graphics and wavy tin pressed, they are …
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