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Today Ace Hardware and Valspar Paint® introduced a new advertising campaign centered on familiar concepts from the beauty industry to introduce consumers to the new Paint Studio at Ace. The “Helpful is Beautiful” campaign, which was jointly developed by Ace …

Whether you are a social media maverick or beginning a path to building your own digital community, it is important to learn the “rules of conduct” when promoting your business using social platforms. Here are five ways to make the …

Former Do it Best Board of Directors Chairman and president and chairman emeritus of Hardman Supply Company Stanley Hardman passed away April 22. Hardman was born on May 11, 1944, in Morgantown, West Virginia. He died in the Levine & …

Industry vendors will have an opportunity to introduce their products to Ace Hardware at the co-op’s Open Buying Day Event on June 24 at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill. At the event, merchants from Ace Hardware will meet …

Retailers, distributors, manufacturers and other players in the home improvement industry will have business on their minds this May as they descend on Las Vegas for the NRHA All-Industry Conference and the National Hardware Show®. The Conference, which is free …

In 2011, Indianapolis retailers joined hundreds of volunteers, including staff from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA), in the heart of one of Indianapolis’s most crime-ridden and neglected neighborhoods for a Fuller Center for Housing work blitz that would …

Lowe’s is expanding its strategic partnership with Porch.com, an in-store resource to help homeowners find the right home improvement professionals for nearly any project outside of Lowe’s current installation services, to include every Lowe’s store in the U.S. Home improvement …

True Value today reported revenue of $331.5 million for the quarter ending March 29, an increase of 6.0 percent or $18.9 million over the same period a year ago. Strong sales in the farm, ranch, auto and pet, seasonal, plumbing …