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What can you do to help your employees succeed? How can you capitalize off the trends in the home improvement industry? What can you do to set your business apart from your competitors? Two retail experts, Dr. Kit Yarrow, a …

In the June issue of Hardware Retailing, we published a feature story highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with running a home improvement business in an urban environment. In the story, we profiled a retailer from New York and gave …

One way to ensure you’re using email to its full potential as a marketing tool is to regularly check analytics provided by your email marketing provider, which may be a service like Mailchimp or Constant Contact. While each email platform …

To view a PDF of this story, click here. People typically have opinions about whether they could “make it” in a city like New York or San Francisco. “I would love living in such a busy place! There’s always something …

In the June issue of Hardware Retailing, we shared an article detailing the unique challenges and opportunities urban retailers experience. The article details what all retailers can learn from those conducting businesses in an urban environment and includes insights from a …

To read a PDF of this story, click here. Every day, more than 225 billion emails will be sent and received around the world. Of those, almost 105 billion of them will be directed at consumers, according to a recent …

Every day billions of emails are sent and received around the world, and nearly half of them will be directed to customers, according to a study from The Radicati Group, a California-based technology research firm. It’s important now more than ever that …

As a result of the current election, there’s been a lot of talk about what’s next for health insurance. Although there’s no way to predict the future, Bob Chiesa, president and CEO of Custom Benefits Insurance Group Inc., lays out the …