With five fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, many small business owners say they’ll be ramping up efforts to get customers into stores during the holiday shopping season. According to the second annual Small Business Saturday Insights Survey, recently …
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True Value announced today the restructuring of its supply chain, logistics and global distribution network and the addition of three new executives to its leadership team. The move was spurred by the company’s strategic goals to increase profitability for existing …
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When it comes to being successful selling builders’ hardware, it is important your employees understand and embrace the category’s somewhat split personality. On one hand, builders’ hardware is one of the most dynamic, fashion-forward categories found in home improvement stores, …
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Hardware Retailing is looking for your opinions and will pay you for sharing them. The home improvement industry has been relying on industry research from NRHA and Hardware Retailing for more than 100 years. Now, to get even more feedback from retailing’s front …
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Jamie Luttrell, co-owner of True Value Hardware in Hebron, Neb., regularly paints designs on the store’s windows. She often features seasonal artwork, such as snowmen at Christmastime; just recently she finished a True Value mural on the side of the …
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The Hardware Store in Mardela Springs, Md., is a small rural store that offers an old-fashioned retail experience to its customers. But mixed in with the country charm is a little bit of technology. “I’ve always been very modern in …
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Customers at Jared’s Ace Hardware in Bishopville, S.C., know the store is pet-friendly, but recently the store took the concept to a whole new level, bringing in llamas, donkeys, goats and more. In September, store staff worked with a local …
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The staff at Woodstock Hardware doesn’t want its customers to forget about the store during the holidays. And what better way to help them remember than by offering a holiday catalog full of store products that would be perfect in …
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