Industry News

Fewer homes sold in 2014 in the U.S. than in 2013, and home prices rose, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. About 3 percent fewer homes sold overall, a drop from 5.09 million sales to 4.93 year-over-year, the …

More than 1,200 people attended House-Hasson Hardware Company’s January dealer market. The independent regional hardware distributor hosted the dealer market in Nashville. Attendance was the highest House-Hasson had seen at a market, and included an increasing number of the Amish and …

While consumers are more connected than ever through the Web, brick-and-mortar retailers are attracting more customers seeking in-person experiences for shopping. Growth in Internet retailing has outpaced store-based sales gains in recent years, yet consumers are moving from the Web to in-store promotions …

House-Hasson Hardware Company helped customers design and build more than 20 percent more new and remodeled hardware stores and lumberyards year-over-year. The store-set increase to 37 projects in 2014 was accelerated by a trend that began in earnest in 2013 for two reasons, …

Paint, plywood, drill bits and duct tape are stylish to wear this year, if you hadn’t heard. Los Angeles clothing designer Scott Sternberg looked to hardware stores for inspiration for a 2015 men’s clothing collection, according to an article from Women’s …

Here’s a suggestion for getting shoppers who check out products in your store to buy from you instead of online: use Snapchat. “A consumer walks into a store, falls in love with a product, whips out her phone, finds a lower price online, and …

Do it Best Corp. has launched a new website designed to improve online shopping for customers and help grow sales and store traffic for the co-op’s member-owners. The new doitbest.com provides new features and tools for consumers and members, including faster and …

After Target announced it is leaving the Canada market and closing all of its Canadian stores, another retailer offered to help the 17,600 employees who are losing their jobs. Sears Canada will be hosting job fairs and is recommending that Target employees …