Amazon has been making moves, such as testing drones and offering two-hour delivery in three markets, to speed up the delivery of products ordered online, and is now offering same-day delivery benefits for free to certain customers in 14 metro areas. Amazon Prime …
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Selling from a Project-Based Perspective
During the spring and summer, many consumers visit home improvement stores in search of items to complete D-I-Y projects. One way you can set your store apart from the competition is by having a staff with the selling skills and knowledge to help …
Read More »Ace Hardware Reconsiders Pesticides That May Harm Bees
Ace Hardware Corporation is willing to sell alternatives to insecticides that may contain chemicals that affect honeybees. Environmental agencies are evaluating if neonicotinoids–which are chemicals used in pesticides–are harmful to honeybee health. Ace may move away from selling products that contain neonicotinoids as alternative pesticides …
Read More »Work Wear Selling Guide
The clothing and work wear category is diverse and provides shoppers a one-stop shop for all of their home improvement needs. In Hardware Retailing‘s June 2015 issue of the magazine, editors spoke with retailers who excel in the clothing category to identify the …
Read More »When Practical Meets Fashionable
To download a PDF of this story, click here. To download the Work Wear Selling Guide, visit hardwareretailing.com/work-wear. Retailers Share Top Trends and Tips in Clothing and Work Wear From farmers and fisherman to glammed-up rodeo contestants, consumers across the country are visiting home improvement …
Read More »How the Independent Hardware Retailing Industry Is Faring—A Letter to the Editor
Recently, a local newspaper in Indianapolis, where the North American Retail Hardware Association is headquartered, published a story about an independent hardware store that’s closing its doors. The story also talked about the tough times the independent hardware retailing industry …
Read More »A 360-Degree View of Tractor Supply Company
To view a PDF of this story, click here. By Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org The information in this 360 overview was gathered by Hardware Retailing staff from a variety of resources that are attributed throughout. Tractor Supply Company, a long-time specialty retailer, has …
Read More »Stanley Black & Decker Provides Scholarship for NRHA Retail Management School
Christian Herrick, vice president of operations for Randy’s Do It Best Hardware, a three-store operation based in Timberville, Virginia, recently received a scholarship from Stanley Black & Decker to attend the Spring 2015 class of the North American Retail Hardware Association’s …
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