When an electronic device is plugged in but not being used, it still pulls power, which is known as a phantom load. An unseen problem in many households, phantom energy loads cost homeowners hundreds of dollars a year. Educate customers …
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House-Hasson Promotes Taylor Hasson to VP of Strategic Retail Management
House-Hasson Hardware Co. has promoted Taylor Hasson to vice president of strategic retail management. Hasson is the son of the late Don Hasson, former House-Hasson company president and CEO, and has served for 13 years as marketing manager and vice …
Read More »House-Hasson Hardware Names New Human Resources VP
House-Hasson, the largest independent regional hardware distributor in the U.S., has named Lysette Aviles as vice president of human resources. In her new role, Aviles will implement personnel systems and processes for the benefit of House-Hasson employees and independent hardware …
Read More »STIHL Announces Executive Transition
Chris Keffer, current senior vice president of sales and marketing for STIHL Inc., has been promoted to president and CEO and will assume the new role starting on Aug. 4. Keffer succeeds Terry Horan, who has been appointed to the …
Read More »Multiple Locations Bring Additional Success for The Paint Shoppes
What others might call saturated, John McKenna calls success. John and his brother Buddy McKenna are the owners of The Paint Shoppes, a five-store operation in the Providence, Rhode Island, area. The state is home to 1 million residents with …
Read More »New Products Heat Up the House-Hasson Summer Dealer Market
With 82 brand new vendors on the market floor, the House-Hasson Summer 2023 Splash of Savings Dealer Market was hot with product deals and savings. House-Hasson dealers from around the country made the trip to the Sevierville Convention Center in …
Read More »Manotick Home Hardware Hosts Christmas Shopping Event for Kids
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 …
Read More »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 & …
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