Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Jesse Carleton, jcarleton@nrha.org Stack-Out Disaster Look at the photo above. Do you see anything wrong? Anything you would improve? More than likely, you have a solid idea in your head about how …
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Chalk Displays Bring DIY Attitude Into Store
Adding a new niche or category can sometimes present challenges that require a little elbow grease to solve. Nearly three years ago, Petersburg Hardware in Petersburg, Indiana, moved to a new location which grew the salesfloor by more than 20,000 …
Read More »Using Your Store’s Exterior to Get Customers Inside
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Jesse Carleton, jcarleton@nrha.org See, Stop, and Shop The brontosaurus standing in the outdoor garden center and poking its head above Beisswenger’s Hardware has become a landmark around New Brighton, Minnesota. …
Read More »Creative Merchandising Roundup
Often, some of the best merchandising ideas you get are those from other people. Looking at what other retailers are doing can sharpen operations at your own store. If you’re like most retailers, you are constantly looking for ideas. Hardware …
Read More »Build Your Own Chalkboard Stack Displays
At Petersburg Hardware, store manager Eric Smith needed new merchandising displays for large quantities of feed, so he decided to build his own. Use this step-by-step guide to build your own stack displays with attached chalkboard signage to call attention …
Read More »How Two German Garden Centers Stay Successful
While attending the garden show spoga+gafa in Cologne, Germany, in September, Hardware Retailing editor Jesse Carleton also had the opportunity to visit two garden centers in the area. These garden centers are exemplary in the way they merchandise their wares …
Read More »An Inside Look At Cole Hardware’s Window Displays
For decades, window displays have been a staple of many downtown retailers’ marketing strategies. For some retailers, windows are a place to put their best and newest merchandise on display so passers-by will window shop and hopefully come inside. Other …
Read More »10 Reasons to Scope Out Your Competitors
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Do you know what your big-box competitors are up to? What are they good at? What don’t they do well? Regularly visiting other retail outlets should be part of your competitive strategy …
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