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Orgill to Relocate World Headquarters

Distribution Center

Orgill, Inc. has announced it will be relocating its headquarters to Collierville, Tennessee, which is a suburb of Memphis. The company will construct a new 100,000-square-foot office building to house its worldwide headquarters. Construction is expected to begin in 2016. The company …

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Buying the In-Store Experience

E-commerce accounts for only 7 percent of U.S. retail sales, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But 87 percent of consumers say they go online to look for information about a store before visiting, according to a Google study. The …

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Cole Hardware Founder Dies at Age 99

The 99th birthday of Cole Hardware founder Dave Karp was a reason for the Karp family and store staff to be grateful this year — and his Oct. 25 death was the loss of the company’s figurehead. Even as he aged, …

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Capitalize on the Hometown Advantage

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) can help you leverage data on the benefits of shopping local for events such as Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 28. Now more than ever, consumers like knowing where their money is …

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Lowe’s to Send 3-D Printing ‘Off the Planet’

Lowe's Innovation Labs

Lowe’s plans to change space travel with its latest tech project—and that’s not a far-off fantasy. The giant retailer is slated to launch a commercial 3-D printer to the International Space Station in early 2016, taking manufacturing off the Earth. The goal …

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Resource: Home Sweet Home Holiday Signage

holiday marketing

The North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) and Independent We Stand are offering  free marketing materials for you to promote your store’s important local economic impact to shoppers before Black Friday and the winter holidays. The materials leverage findings from a recent study, which shows …

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World and Main CEO Takes Questions on Company Changes

Hardware Holdings, LLC, owner of Handy Hardware in Texas, changed its corporate name this month to reposition the company as a national distributor. The new name, World and Main, LLC, is intended to present the company as the operational distributor it …

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