At its recent Spring Buying Market, on March 20-22 in Overland Park, Kansas, Blish-Mize provided its customers with innovative new products, programs and pricing from vendors to help prepare for the proposed tariffs, which are set to take place in …

In the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s (NHPA) educational curriculum, students are taught the basics of the retail sales equation, which states there are only four ways to generate sales for a home improvement retail stores: Increase average transaction …

Thousands of retailers have gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Orgill’s 2025 Dealer Market, which kicked off today. The Dealer Market runs concurrent to Orgill’s Spring Buying Event, which began Feb. 17 and runs through March 2 and is one …

It’s a call that no retailer ever wants to get—the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is on-site for a surprise safety inspection. For Scott Jerousek, owner of Farm & Home Hardware, which operates two stores in north central Ohio, …

True Value Company and its secured lenders, led by PNC, today reached a major milestone agreement to avoid the liquidation of the 75-year-old Chicago-based distributor in a move that will push the sale to Do it Best forward for now. The …

On Friday, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued an Interim Order that gives True Value permission to use cash collateral from its lenders to pursue continued business operations while in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, as well as …

In response to Monday’s announcement that Do it Best is entering into an agreement to purchase the assets of True Value Company (pending the outcome of True Value’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing on Oct. 14th), Hardware Retailing’s editorial team sat …

At its recent Fall Buying Market Sept. 12-14 in Overland Park, Kansas, Blish-Mize provided its customers and vendors with the “best of both worlds” by offering enhanced ordering technology to streamline purchasing logistics and a one-of-a-kind, personalized in-person experience.  The …