Leadership comes in many different forms, as seen in this year’s Top Guns Awards honorees and the long list of Top Guns Awards honorees the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) has recognized since 2007. Meet the 2025 honorees …
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Celebrating Remarkable Leadership: Meet the 2025 NHPA Top Guns Award Honorees
In partnership with the National Hardware Show, the exclusive sponsor of the Top Guns Awards program and reception, the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) has chosen three exceptional retailers as Top Guns Awards honorees for 2025. As you’ll …
Read More »Creating Magic: Former Disney Exec to Keynote 2025 Independent Home Improvement Conference
With 30 years working at the most magical place on Earth, Duncan Wardle knows a thing or two about innovation and creativity and will be sharing those insights with attendees of the 2025 Independent Home Improvement Conference, hosted by the …
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Join us at the 2025 Independent Home Improvement Conference Bringing together retailers from all affiliations, of all sizes and from across North America and beyond, the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA), alongside the Hardware Conference, is excited to …
Read More »Power of Presentation: Latest NHPA Research Highlights Techniques That Drive Sales
For more than 125 years, the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) has helped retailers improve merchandising effectiveness. Through the years we’ve written thousands of magazine articles, developed merchandising-focused training programs (both online and in-person) and conducted research to …
Read More »Versatile Skills: Sam Ransdell Taps Into Military Experience as Retail Operations Manager
When the time came to move from the military to working full time in his family’s hardware business, Sam Ransdell was excited to see how his military skills would transfer to his role as operations manager for the Burney True …
Read More »NHPA Merchandising for Profit Study Launches at NHS 2025
The North American Hardware and Paint Association’s (NHPA) Merchandising for Profit Study is a resource for best-in-class merchandising techniques and a scorecard retailers can use to measure the effectiveness of their merchandising. NHPA released the study’s results at the 2025 …
Read More »4 Ways Merchandising Drives Sales
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 …
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