Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam Ransdell of Burney True Value Hardware in Seven Lakes, North Carolina, realized that ordering face masks to sell wasn’t going to meet his community’s needs. Demand was too high nationally for Ransdell to get …
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The 2021 International Hardware Fair has been canceled, event organizer EISENWARENMESSE has announced. The event was previously scheduled to take place in Cologne, Germany, Feb. 21-24. Many of the exhibitors scheduled to appear at the event faced international travel restrictions, …
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The traditionally busy shopping season from Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. to Cyber Monday has looked quite a bit different in 2020. The Associated Press reports the COVID-19 pandemic kept in-person Black Friday shopping crowds thin, but a surge in …
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New information from the Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI) demonstrates how a recent uptick in home sales has motivated a surge in home remodels. HIRI recently surveyed 800 homeowners who have purchased a home within the past 12 months to …
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To provide attendees with invaluable one-on-one interactions amidst the pandemic, Distribution America and PRO Group, Inc. have hosted the first ever virtual Executive Planning Conference (EPC) using the Zoom platform. From Nov. 16-19, distributor and vendor attendees had the opportunity …
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Recently, the National Retail Federation (NRF) spoke with Ron Lutz, chief retail officer at strategy firm Miller Zell. Lutz discussed how retailers can truly engage customers, even during social distancing and curbside pickups, which have grown increasingly common for home …
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Ace Hardware Corp. reported record third-quarter 2020 revenues, showing the ongoing growth of same-store and online sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The growth in the third quarter follows a very strong second quarter, which was strongly shaped by consumer’s pandemic …
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Big-box home improvement chain Lowe’s has announced its third-quarter 2020 financial results, reporting $22.3 billion in sales for the quarter, about 28 percent higher than in the same period in 2019. Net earnings for Lowe’s amounted to $692 million, down …
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