Megan Zarbano Owner Handy Hardware & Rental Valley City, North Dakota Under $2 Million in Annual Sales “It isn’t easy to keep small-town America thriving, especially with big-box stores and e-commerce so readily available, but what we offer is so …
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Ronna Kilts Manager Mattson’s True Value Hardware Howard City, Michigan Under $2 Million in Annual Sales “My roots run deep, not only in the business but in the community as well. I think it’s important for customers to know we’re involved …
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Taylor Baker Owner Foothills Hardware & Builders Supply Pilot Mountain, North Carolina Over $2 Million in Annual Sales “I’m an attitude guy. We look at attitude when hiring someone because we want to surround ourselves with people who have a …
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Mike Wilson General Manager/Dealer-Owner Wilson’s Home Hardware Building Centre Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada Over $2 Million in Annual Sales “There’s a sense of pride ingrained in the history of this business that puts serving customers above all else. There’s …
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Sean Angelo General Manager Budget Home Supply Longmont, Colorado Over $2 Million in Annual Sales “I understand the challenges that small family businesses face while transitioning from generation to generation, and I’m determined to continue the tradition and legacy of …
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When August Trilling, a first-generation German immigrant, opened a general store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1850, he had no idea what the future would hold for his business, later named Trilling Hardware. Since its founding, the 167-year-old company has been …
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The store is located on a busy street downtown in New Braunfels, Texas, and it’s unmistakably from another era. If you walk through Henne Hardware’s door, you will see that you can buy the essential hardware products you’d expect of …
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Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Todd Taber ttaber@nrha.org, Kate Klein kklein@nrha.org, and Renee Changnon rchangnon@nrha.org. Independent home improvement retailers have, literally and figuratively, helped build America, and at least one existing operation predates the …
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