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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Sears’ top executive, Edward Lampert, told the Chicago Tribune that public perception is putting his company at a disadvantage when recovering from the financial challenges that have plagued it. “Clearly we have our challenges,” Lampert says in the Chicago Tribune article. “Every time people use the …
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A debit card swipe fee regulation that has saved business owners more than $40 billion over the past five years may be in danger of being repealed through a recently proposed bill, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). What is the …
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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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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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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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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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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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