Profiles

When the leaders at Clarence Thomas Ltd. Home Center (CTL) in Fish Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, made the decision to invest in their employees by offering online training, they had no idea how popular the program would become. Initially, …

Having started in lumberyard management early in his career, Jeff Van Well is in a fairly ideal position to turn a struggling lumberyard around. He found that opportunity in 2016 at A2Z Home Center. The Chino Valley, Arizona, operation was …

Building a Brotherhood On a recent FaceTime call, Raffaelo Cianfaglione gave his friend Brian Kabat glimpses of his store in Norridge, Illinois. “He’s my hardware brother,” Cianfaglione says with a grin. Cianfaglione and Kabat are both independent home improvement retailers, …

Raffaelo and Jackie Cianfaglione have owned and operated Norridge Ace Hardware in Norridge, Illinois, since 2016. As a child, Raffaelo used to shop at the store with his father. He now enjoys serving the community where he grew up. Read …

Are you an avid listener of podcasts? If you haven’t listened to a podcast or aren’t sure what a podcast is, think of it like a radio show or interview conversation you can download and listen to anywhere, anytime. Would …

Are you a home improvement retailer and a military veteran? Do you have employees who have served in the armed forces? If so, Hardware Retailing would like to honor you and your staff members through an online gallery of military photos. …