Online retailers provide convenience and ample product options to consumers, yet they lack one thing – an in-person experience. More and more online-only stores are recognizing the advantages brick-and-mortar businesses have, and are beginning to open flagship stores of their …
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Millennials are still shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, including Home Depot, despite their increasingly online lives, according to recent research from Nuestar Inc. About 48 percent of the millennials studied recently shopped at Home Depot, and 64 percent had shopped at Target within …
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The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is always looking for opportunities to meet independent home improvement retailers. On May 28, NRHA Director of Retail Outreach Tom Marcum visited two stores to connect with owners and learn more about their businesses. Marcum’s first …
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Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. and Building Materials Holding Corporation, two leading building materials and solutions providers to professional contractors, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine in an all-stock transaction. The combined …
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The 44th spring meeting of the Hardware Marketing Council (HMC) was held May 26-28 at The Washington Duke Inn in Durham, North Carolina. The council is made up of the top 125 sales and marketing leaders that manufacture products from …
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This week, Ace Hardware Corporation announced the promotion of Rick Williams to the position of vice president of Information Technology (IT). Reporting to Ace’s chief financial officer, Williams will play an integral role in further driving strategic technology and systems …
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) presented Do it Best Corp. president and CEO Bob Taylor with one of its highest honors in recognition of his leadership and his company’s 30-plus years of support of the organization. BBBSA honored …
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For the ninth year in a row, J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Home Improvement Retailer Store Satisfaction StudySM ranked Ace Hardware “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Home Improvement Retail Stores.”Ace has earned this ranking every year since J. D. Power began surveying the …
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