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This June, manufacturers and PRO Group-affiliated retailers will gather at the annual Group Merchandising Conference (GMC) in Atlanta. Over the course of the three-day conference, vendors will have the opportunity to demonstrate and display products to distributor buyers in suites with private, …

A scholarship awarded to Karsten’s Ace Hardware store manager Chad Feucht is paying for half of his tuition for a management training program, while also recognizing Feucht’s potential as an industry leader. Manufacturer Stanley Black & Decker gave Feucht a $6,250 scholarship to attend the …

For the past several weeks, Lumber Liquidators has been in hot water after the CBS program “60 Minutes” accused the company of selling Chinese-made laminate flooring with unsafe levels of formaldehyde in it. Currently, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is …

The Lake County, Illinois, chapter of The Fuller Center for Housing honored the North American Retail Hardware Association as one of its heroes for supporting The Fuller Center’s work. The Hero Award was presented March 19 to NRHA during a ceremony …

The North American Retail Hardware Association recently named eight home improvement retailers as 2015 Young Retailers of the Year. The recognition program, now in its 19th year, identifies and honors the next generation of aspiring independent home improvement retailers and recognizes …

2015 will be the first year that millennials outnumber baby boomers, and that change requires retailers to examine how they engage younger consumers. Pat Murphy of FunMobility, Inc., and other speakers will discuss interacting with and marketing to multiple generations as part of the North American Retail …

Spring had sprung last weekend at the Blish-Mize Spring Buying Market, which was held March 20-21 in Overland Park, Kansas. Outside, the weather was warm, and inside the Overland Park Convention Center, the atmosphere was positive as retailers shopped for …