Does your team reflect the diversity of the community you serve? Do you want to take steps toward hiring and leading a more diverse team? Then you’ll want to mark your calendar to attend the North American Hardware and Paint …

Have you ever felt like you and a co-worker just do not see eye to eye? They want things done one way and you want to achieve the same goal differently. Spending so much time with someone you don’t get …

The Grasso brothers, Giovanni and Angelo, worked alongside their father Angelo Grasso Sr. in the family business, AG Hardware and Paint in Brooklyn, New York, for 30 years. That experience laid the foundation for them to eventually successfully own and …

Class was back in session in Indianapolis for the North American Retail Hardware Association’s (NRHA) first visit of the Fall 2020 Retail Management Certification Program. The class gathered Sept. 8-12 at an event space in downtown Indianapolis that provided students …

Hardware Retailing is sharing select stories of independent businesses outside the home improvement industry to see how owners are grappling with operational changes amid COVID-19. Read on to discover how one bookseller in Michigan is continuing to forge community connections. …

In the past few weeks, many businesses, including home improvement operations, have faced uncertainties and have been required to adjust operations to ensure employees and customers remain safe. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people across North America and the rest …

Monica Mede grew up in her family business, Ulmer’s Drug & Hardware in Homer, Alaska. As a young adult, she ventured away from home, met her husband Patrick in Anchorage and the two moved to Texas. They were more than …