Nominations are open for the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s (NHPA) 2025 Young Retailer of the Year award program.
NHPA’s Young Retailer of the Year program identifies and recognizes the successes and accomplishments of young home improvement retailers, crucial to ensuring the success of the industry.
“The Young Retailer of the Year program highlights the bright future of the independent channel,” says Scott Wright, vice president of content development and publisher for NHPA. “It is a privilege to recognize these outstanding young retailers who are making positive impacts in their operations and communities.”
Eligible nominees must be 35 years or younger and currently reside in the U.S. or Canada.
“To have peers my age who respect and admire me is extremely rewarding,” says Jared Brown, director of business intelligence at the Aubuchon Company and 2024 Young Retailer of the Year honoree. “To have this peer recognition echoed and acknowledged by others outside in the industry takes it to a whole new level. Even with eight plus years of experience with Aubuchon, I constantly feel like an outsider and the new guy, and this gives me some formal validation that I didn’t know I needed. I feel like I’m still growing and learning to produce results, and it’s humbling to have people recognize my efforts.”
Thank you to our generous sponsors, Midwest Fastener, American Hardware and Lumber Insurance and The Wooster Brush Company. They make this program possible and we appreciate their unmatched support.
Visit YourNHPA.org/yroty to learn more and nominate an outstanding young person to become an NHPA 2025 Young Retailer of the Year honoree by Feb. 28, 2025.