Making Holidays Bright: See more ways retailers are bringing holiday joy to their communities at hardwareretailing.com/holidays-bright. What started with 18 children and two hours of shopping four years ago has become four evenings and hundreds of young shoppers browsing the …
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Top Guns Honoree Scott Sommers Builds on a Foundation of Service
A Legacy Lives On: Read how the Miller brothers, Hartville Hardware’s founders and leaders, were honored with a legacy award at hardwareretailing.com/hartville-legacy-award. Saying his colleagues are like family is more than a cliche for Scott Sommers. At Hartville Hardware & …
Read More »Wilco Co-op CEO Plans for Retirement at End of 2023
After four years leading Wilco Co-op as CEO, Sam Bugarsky has announced he will be retiring from the company at the end of 2023. Bugarsky was serving as chief operating officer prior to taking the helm as CEO in 2019 …
Read More »Innovation Doesn’t Require Vast Internal Teams
While they might understand the important role innovation plays in an operation’s success, many retailers believe technology has to be expensive or complicated. In the July issue of Hardware Retailing magazine, we explored the basic technology processes, programs and systems …
Read More »5 Retailers Talk Industry Solutions
In just a few weeks, the 2023 NHPA Independents Conference will be underway in Dallas. Your peers will be there, will you? Over the course of two days, the event will champion retailer success stories, provide opportunities to share solutions …
Read More »Analytics Highlight Paths to Growth
From marketing to inventory management, you can track analytics for nearly every aspect of your operation. That data, while overwhelming at times, is crucial for assessing successes and determining business strategy. For Hartville Hardware & Lumber, tracking analytics has been …
Read More »NHPA Invites Industry to Celebrate Success, Identify Solutions at Conference
The North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) is looking forward to hosting the 2023 NHPA Independents Conference Aug. 2-3 in Dallas, an industrywide event that brings together retailers, wholesaler representatives, vendors and other channel supporters, regardless of affiliation. Over …
Read More »spoga+gafa 2023 Highlights Social Side of Outdoor Living
As the world’s biggest garden lifestyle and barbecue trade fair, spoga+gafa serves as an international trade and networking platform for the green sector. Held in Cologne, Germany, from June 18-20, spoga+gafa 2023 brought in 30,000 trade visitors from 122 countries to …
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