At the Do it Best and True Value 2025 Fall Market, a record-breaking number of retailers, vendors and partners came together for the kickoff event on Friday afternoon, which highlighted the various branding and marketing strategies the companies will be …
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Do it Best and True Value Fall Market to Bring Both Brands Together
On Friday, Do it Best and True Value retailers from around the country will converge in Indianapolis, Indiana, for the 2025 Fall Market. This October will mark one year since Do it Best announced its intentions to purchase True Value, …
Read More »House-Hasson’s Steve Henry Weighs In on Upcoming Fall Market, Tariffs and Goals for 2026
It’ll be a “Wholesale Hardware Harvest” in October when House-Hasson hosts its Fall Dealer Market in Sevierville, Tennessee, bringing a harvest of deals to its members. And while the House-Hasson Fall Dealer Market is still two months out, House-Hasson president …
Read More »Ace’s Q2 2025 Financials Show Increased Revenues, Drop in Same-Store Sales
For the second quarter of 2025, Ace Hardware marked revenues of $2.8 billion, an increase of $105.8 million, or 3.9%, from the second quarter of 2024. Increases were seen across most departments with lawn and garden, grilling, impulse and outdoor …
Read More »Busy Beaver Takes Advantage of Onebeat and Zipline’s New Strategic Integration
Onebeat, an AI-driven inventory optimization platform, and Zipline, a retail execution and communication platform, have joined forces to offer a strategic integration designed to help retailers close the gap between strategy and in-store performance. Busy Beaver has adopted the integration …
Read More »Do it Best Teams Up With Toolbx to Power Pro Platform
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 …
Read More »Ace Hardware Opens 100th Store in 2025
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. …
Read More »Ace Hardware Introduces New Retail Media Platform
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 …
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