With 30 years working at the most magical place on Earth, Duncan Wardle knows a thing or two about innovation and creativity and will be sharing those insights with attendees of the 2025 Independent Home Improvement Conference, hosted by the …
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True Value Brings Power Tools Giants Into Warehouses
Since the company’s acquisition by Do it Best, the True Value merchandising team has been working to rebuild existing vendor relationships and establish new ones. As part of its efforts, True Value recently announced the addition of two key vendors …
Read More »A Boost to Your Business Awaits at NHS 2025
Next week, the 2025 National Hardware Show (NHS) will kick off in Las Vegas, bringing together the home improvement industry for product discovery, education and networking. Along with attendee favorites, like the NHS Backyard and NEW Product Zone, NHS will …
Read More »Ace CEO Offers Insights Into Year Ahead
The Ace Hardware 2025 Spring Convention just wrapped up in San Antonio, Texas, welcoming over 11,200 attendees—including 4,073 Ace retailers and a record 564 Emery-Jensen retailers—who browsed the sold-out show floor and engaged with the 5,020 vendors sharing their products …
Read More »Ace 2025 Spring Convention Brings Back Product Staples, Invigorates Retailers
Rarely seen in March, twinkling holiday lights, festive trees and jolly holiday music greeted attendees of the Ace Hardware 2025 Spring Convention—the first time holiday trim has been featured at a market in five years. “We went all in with …
Read More »Orgill’s Purchasing Team Empowers Retailers Through Quality, Innovation and Collaboration
Orgill’s mission is clear—to help customers be successful. Orgill’s purchasing team plays a vital role in this mission, ensuring the company’s retailers have access to high-quality products at competitive prices by leveraging strategic partnerships, innovative assortments and a customer-first approach. …
Read More »6 Tools to Address Workplace Communication Challenges
On any given day, we have a plethora of ways—from face-to-face to FaceTime, phone calls to text messages, digital to analog—to communicate with one another. No matter what method you choose, it is frustrating when messages get lost or ignored …
Read More »Do it Best’s Dan Walton Serves the Country and the Channel
Dan Walton has one foot in the independent home improvement industry and one in the military but is fully dedicated to both. As a communications specialist for Do it Best, Dan also currently serves in the Indiana Air National Guard. …
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