Do it Best Corp. announced the promotion of co-op veteran Steve Rose to national logistics manager, effective July 16. Rose has served as safety director since joining Do it Best Corp. in 2011. In that role, he was responsible for …
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NRF Searching for America’s Retail Champions
Are you or someone you know a community leader who is also a strong retail industry advocate? If so, you’ll want to send in an application by July 20 to be chosen as one of the 50 U.S. small business …
Read More »Ace Hardware Names Kim Lefko as Chief Marketing Officer
Ace Hardware Corp. has announced the appointment of Kim Lefko to the position of senior vice president, chief marketing officer (CMO). Lefko will report directly to John Venhuizen, president and CEO of the co-op. As the company’s new CMO, Lefko …
Read More »Home Hardware CEO Announces Retirement, Plans for Future
After nearly 50 years with the company, Home Hardware Stores Limited’s president and CEO, Terry Davis, has announced his plans for retirement later this year. As he prepares to step down, Davis will be helping transition the company to a …
Read More »Check Out Some of the Oldest Stores in America
Even before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, retail began establishing its roots in the U.S. Impressively, some of those early businesses are still in operation, having survived by evolving for more than two centuries. The July issue of Hardware …
Read More »Wisconsin’s Trilling Hardware Survives and Thrives for More Than 165 Years
When August Trilling, a first-generation German immigrant, opened a general store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1850, he had no idea what the future would hold for his business, later named Trilling Hardware. Since its founding, the 167-year-old company has been …
Read More »Woods Hardware Wins $100K for Business Improvement Project
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Renee Changnon, rchangnon@nrha.org A Winning Idea Matt Woods, president and CEO of his family business Woods Hardware in Cincinnati, had an exciting idea for improving his operation. However, like many retailers, money …
Read More »Are Big-Box Stores Shrinking?
For many big-box retailers, bigger floor plans are no longer synonymous with being better. In fact, many traditional big-box stores are shrinking their footprints in order to better compete for the attention of today’s consumer. Target, for example, has begun …
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