Hardware Retailing’s online elements provides you and your employees with additional training tools and educational worksheets. This video showcases these new and useful tools that complement and expand upon Hardware Retailing magazine’s content. With each issue, unique and innovative selling guides, quizzes, videos, …
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Marketing to Today’s Generations: A Topic at the NRHA All-Industry Conference
One size does not fit all when it comes to marketing to different generations of consumers today. Attendees of the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) All-Industry Conference, held May 5-7 in conjunction with the National Hardware Show®, will have …
Read More »Building Supplies Company Sells in $1.6 Billion Deal
Builders FirstSource Inc., a U.S. building products manufacturer and supplier, is buying ProBuild Holdings in a $1.6 billion deal. The purchase will combine the companies, making a diversified business with a larger geographic footprint and greater ability to use economies of scale, according to …
Read More »Home Depot: Transforming a World Leader
The Home Depot, the world’s largest home center chain, ended 2014 with sales of more than $83 billion — growth that reflects changes to the company’s business strategies. For example, the 2014 comp-store sales increase of 5.3 percent shows the results of Home Depot’s rededication …
Read More »Orgill to Expand Mid-America SuperCenter
Orgill, Inc. has announced plans to increase the size of its Sikeston, Missouri, distribution center by more than 250,000 square feet. The expansion will bring the total size of the state-of-the-art distribution facility to more than 1 million square feet. …
Read More »Lowe’s will “Bee” Making Changes in Pesticide Sales
Last week, Lowe’s announced it would be actively phasing out and eliminating neonicotinoid pesticides, which are considered a leading contributor to global bee declines, from its stores. Neonicotinoid pesticides, also known as neonic pesticides, are sold to boost yields of staple crops …
Read More »Report Suggests Retailers Dial Back Millennial Efforts
For years, retailers across many industries have focused on drawing in millennial consumers. However, a new report by Forrester Research Inc. recommends shifting some of that focus back to older consumers. What’s the difference between the two? Money to spend! The Forrester Research report, titled “The Future …
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Hardware Retailing’s digital publication lets you and your employees view the current magazine online, along with past issues. Now your whole team can read the magazine! This video showcases the unique features of the online publication, such as the ability to print pages and share …
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