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The National Hardware Show® has signed on to become the exclusive sponsor for the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) 2015 State of Independents Conference, which will be held Dec. 10 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago. This one-day conference is …

Consumer confidence continues to be on the upswing, though moderately, according to the Consumer Confidence Index. The index now stands at 103, up from 101.3, in August, according to The Conference Board, a research association that compiles the data. “Consumer …

As 2015 comes to a close, the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is forecasting a total of 4.2 percent growth for the home improvement industry. Growth for independent hardware stores tops at 4.8 percent, followed by home centers at 4.2 percent and lumberyards at 3.8 percent. This …

Amazon is already a click away on your smartphone or computer, but you can bring the online retailer even closer to home through Dash buttons – small devices made for ordering products. Now Amazon is available to share your kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and …

Home improvement chain Menards is expanding in the Midwest, and plans to build a $29.1 million manufacturing and distribution facility to serve its growing business. The 185,000-square-foot distribution center will be located in Sullivan, Missouri, and  employ 129 people, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The …

Orgill Canada Hardlines, a subsidiary of Orgill, Inc., today announced the completion of a deal to buy the hardware assets of Chalifour Canada Ltd. The purchased assets include Chalifour Canada’s London, Ontario, distribution center, as well as the hardware inventory in …

View a PDF of the original article as it appeared in the October issue of Hardware Retailing. Read below for additional questions and answers.  Hardware Retailing and the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) recently had an exclusive interview with Bob Taylor, the …

Home Depot has asked a federal court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit because a 2014 data breach exposed customer information that “could not have occurred were it not for the banks’ own lack of security measures,” according to court documents. …