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Lowe’s to Buy Texas Distributor for $512M

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Lowe’s Companies Inc. announced May 18 that it is buying a Texas distributor in an effort to grow its pro business. The distribution company is Maintenance Supply Headquarters, a supplier of maintenance, repair and operations products for businesses in the multifamily housing industry, according …

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Ace’s New Wholesale Chief Talks Mergers, Expansion, ‘Growing Pains’

Ace Hardware

Mark Spanswick, the new president and general manager of Ace Wholesale Holdings, spoke with Hardware Retailing about his nearly three-decade career with Grainger Industrial Supply and his current work of combining Ace Hardware’s wholesale business acquisitions into one growing company. Grainger is a publicly traded, business-to-business supplier. Spanswick …

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Primera Joins True Value Garden Center Business

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Primera, the nation’s largest professional turf and ornamental distribution co-op, recently joined True Value Co.’s Home & Garden Showplace, the hardware co-op’s garden center business unit. Established in 1999, Primera provides technologies and other opportunities to distributors and manufacturers specializing in the …

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Products and Prize Highlighted at National Hardware Show®

National Hardware Show

National Hardware Show® attendees were flocking to find new products, hear from educational speakers and network with other members of the industry. “I enjoy seeing all the new products,” says independent home improvement retailer Tim Buchheit. He has been attending the show …

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Idaho Retailer Wins $100K for Business Improvements

Reimagine Retail

One independent home improvement retailer is leaving the National Hardware Show® this week with money lined up to reimagine his business. That winning retailer is Robert Lau and his business is Caribou Jack’s Trading Co. of Soda Springs, Idaho. Caribou Jack’s will get $100,000 in prize money to …

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Industry Gathers for ‘Big and Exciting Show’

National Hardware Show

Thousands of attendees gathered for the National Hardware Show®  on May 9 to participate in one of the largest events in the home improvement industry. The show kicked off at the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) Village in the Las …

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Young Retailers Reflect on Value of Independents

young retailer of the year

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) honored eight young retailers during its annual Young Retailer of the Year awards ceremony May 8 in Las Vegas. The honorees, who represent a variety of distributors and lead retail operations throughout the country, spoke during …

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