Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. What will happen to your business when you’re no longer able to run it? The recent Succession Planning Study from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) takes a look at how …
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4 Insurance Policies Overlooked by Retailers
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. When a retailer fails to invest in the proper types of insurance coverage, their business could be at major risk in the event of an accident or disaster. Below, Carl Dent, vice …
Read More »How Creating Simple Videos Can Help Tell Your Brand’s Story
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Pressing Play on Your Brand When you say your business’s name, what comes to mind? More importantly, what comes to mind for your current shoppers and potential customers? “A brand is no …
Read More »Students Are Stars at Ohio Lumberyard
Students taking courses at the Pike Career Technology Center in Piketon, Ohio, will get a boost from their local lumber and building materials retailer. Bill Klinker Jr., owner of Klinker’s Lumber & Builders Supplies, located in nearby Waverly, Ohio, encourages …
Read More »Kids Build and Grow With Garden Grant
Michelle Overbeck loves to see the enthusiasm on the faces of children when a truck from Big Creek Lumber pulls up in front of their school. Overbeck is the marketing manager for the company, which has five locations in central …
Read More »When Hiring Goes Wrong
Click here to download the PDF of this story. It’s a story nearly every retailer can tell. You need to fill a spot on your team and, after sifting through several applicants, you find the one you think will get …
Read More »Provide a Permanent Boost to Business With Rental
Click here to download the PDF of the story. In a perfect world, everyone would live by a common rule: Sharing is, in fact, caring. In previous generations, communities would band together on projects and share materials, skills and equipment …
Read More »5-Star Employees: The Traits That Make Top-Notch Talent Shine
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. 5-Star Employees How do you create a thriving business? What are the traits of great employees who stand out within a team? Hardware Retailing spoke with successful retailers to discover …
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