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Ace Hardware Hits the Links with PGA Tour

The PGA Tour and Ace Hardware recently announced a new, multiyear marketing agreement that designates Ace as the “Official Hardware Store of the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.” “We are extremely pleased to announce this new relationship with Ace, one of …

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NRHA Makes Donation to Aubuchon Hardware’s Fund

On June 8, Scott Wright, Executive Director of NRHA’s Retail Leadership Institute, visited Aubuchon Hardware’s Westminster, Massachusetts, headquarters to make a $5,000 donation to The Moran Fund, a newly created fund named after the company’s former president and CEO Marcus Moran …

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United Hardware Hosts Fall Dealer Market

United Hardware held its June Buying Market this past weekend in Minneapolis, where retailers browsed new items, shopped for promotional deals and learned about new programs. Hardware Retailing had the opportunity to sit down with United Hardware president and CEO …

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Online Retailers Offering Brick-and-Mortar Experiences

Online retailers provide convenience and ample product options to consumers, yet they lack one thing – an in-person experience. More and more online-only stores are recognizing the advantages brick-and-mortar businesses have, and are beginning to open flagship stores of their …

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Millennials Keep Shopping Traditions Going

Millennials are still shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, including Home Depot, despite their increasingly online lives, according to recent research from Nuestar Inc. About 48 percent of the millennials studied recently shopped at Home Depot, and 64 percent had shopped at Target within …

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NRHA Director of Retail Outreach Visits Retailers

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is always looking for opportunities to meet independent home improvement retailers. On May 28, NRHA Director of Retail Outreach Tom Marcum visited two stores to connect with owners and learn more about their businesses. Marcum’s first …

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Building Materials and Solutions Manufacturers Announce Merger

Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. and Building Materials Holding Corporation, two leading building materials and solutions providers to professional contractors, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine in an all-stock transaction. The combined …

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Hardware Industry Leaders Gather in North Carolina

The 44th spring meeting of the Hardware Marketing Council (HMC) was held May 26-28 at The Washington Duke Inn in Durham, North Carolina. The council is made up of the top 125 sales and marketing leaders that manufacture products from …

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