Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Todd Taber, ttaber@nrha.org Reinvention of the Retail Giant Founded nearly a century apart, Sears and Amazon echo one another through the decades. Both companies began as small startups indistinguishable from most. Sears …
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Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Melanie Moul, mmoul@nrha.org Use Your Reimagination Each year, the National Hardware Show® (NHS) develops new opportunities for independent retailers to explore the show floor and expand their businesses. Three years …
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Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Onward and Upward By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org Ace Hardware Corp. is on a growth path that maintains its retailer-owned cooperative model, continues to pursue its core values and finds new, adaptive ways to …
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From Famine to Flourish Brothers Martin and Art Ruggiero—owners of Desert Foothills Ace Hardware in Phoenix—were already business partners before most kids their age had moved on from their high school and college jobs. Their father, Al, had opened a …
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Hardware Retailing magazine spoke with three top executives from Ace Hardware Corp. to learn more about the co-op’s latest merchandising, logistics and marketing initiatives. John Surane, Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising and Sales Officer Lori Bossmann, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain …
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John Venhuizen President and CEO Venhuizen has worked at Ace Hardware for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of leadership positions. In the past, he has overseen marketing, business development, strategy, supply chain, IT and Ace International. Hardware …
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Home Depot has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018 and for the year overall. In total, the company reported sales of $26.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018, which represents a 10.9 percent increase over …
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For Amazon and Sears, retail innovation has not been an overnight undertaking. Long before the companies made their marks on retail history, Sears got its start along Minnesota railroad tracks. Amazon began its global ascent from Jeff Bezos’ garage in …
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