Profiles

Before becoming members of the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) board of directors, the following four retailers were developing notable careers in the industry and getting recognized for their accomplishments. Jackie Sacks of Round Top Mercantile in Texas …

Jack’s Country Store began operating in 1885 as part of a deal its founder, J.A. Morehead, made with the owner of a stagecoach line, which used the beach as a roadway, according to Jack’s president Tom Downer. Morehead originally opened …

The Grasso brothers, Giovanni and Angelo, worked alongside their father Angelo Grasso Sr. in the family business, AG Hardware and Paint in Brooklyn, New York, for 30 years. That experience laid the foundation for them to eventually successfully own and …

Dan Harris has accomplished a tremendous amount in the independent home improvement industry for a man who sought a hardware store job just to work his way through college. Decades later, Harris now oversees two thriving retail businesses and is …

The North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) board of directors helps the association communicate and prioritize the needs of independent retailers like you. As a not-for-profit, NHPA is governed by a board of directors, which is made up of …

In the early days of March, Cheryl Brown and the Knudson Lumber team in the Kittitas Valley of Washington were busy putting the final touches on a new addition to the 80-year-old family business: an e-commerce site. Since 1940, Knudson …

If 2020 has offered any concrete lesson, it’s that retail can shift in the blink of an eye. For the past nine months, retailers in every sector have had to find new ways to operate safely, meet new consumer trends …

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam Ransdell of Burney True Value Hardware in Seven Lakes, North Carolina, realized that ordering face masks to sell wasn’t going to meet his community’s needs.  Demand was too high nationally for Ransdell to get …