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Deck Your Aisles This Holiday Season

The holiday season is upon us yet again, and consumers are ready to shop till they drop, even more so than last year. On average, consumers celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa will spend more than $800 on food, gifts, decorations …

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National Hardware Show Appoints Program Leader

John Shields has joined the National Hardware Show® team to support the show’s attendee programs and extend its relationships with hardware and home improvement professionals. Shields comes to the National Hardware Show with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. …

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Service Directs Amazon Shoppers to Local Stores

PriceLocal

Brick-and-mortar retailers have the opportunity to snag online shoppers in a new way—with a service called PriceLocal. PriceLocal is a web browser extension that works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers to search local stores for products sold on Amazon. The company launched nationally last …

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Consumers Return to Nature

Garden Trends

In 2016, expect consumers to be looking to the outdoor living category for ways to integrate technology into outdoor experiences. The concept of merging technology with the outdoors is the focus of Garden Media Group’s 2016 Garden Trends Report, titled Syncing with Nature. …

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House-Hasson’s Big Year for New Stores, Remodels

This year has been big for House-Hasson Hardware, which completed more new stores and remodels for dealers in 2015 than in any other year in the company’s history. House-Hasson reached store-set records for itself in 2013 and 2014, but this past …

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Lowe’s Makes Executive Changes

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., announced the promotions of two executives. The company promoted Marci P. Grebstein to chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Lowe’s also promoted Erin K. Sellman to senior vice president of strategy, insights and planning. Both will report to Michael A. Jones, chief customer …

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Bernzomatic Offering Scholarships for NRHA Training Program

Worthington Cylinders, parent company of Bernzomatic, recently launched a campaign to sponsor four scholarships for NRHA’s Retail Management Certification Program (RMCP) in 2016. The Bernzomatic Find Your Fire Retail Management Certification Program Scholarship campaign was launched earlier this month to …

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Orgill Shares Insights Into Tyndale Advisors, CNRG

Idaho

Orgill, Inc. has been one of the industry’s fastest-growing distributors over the last several decades. During this time, the Memphis-based company began looking at ways it could help solve some of the challenges that it felt retailers were facing when …

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