Retailers in the August issue of Hardware Retailing note that an increasing number of homeowners are planting fruit and vegetable gardens. The retailers’ customers want to know where their food comes from and enjoy the satisfaction of eating the fruit …
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Do it Best Corp. has announced that current president and CEO Bob Taylor will retire effective Jan. 4, and Dan Starr, the co-op’s current executive vice president and chief operating officer, will succeed Taylor in the position. Taylor has spent more …
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Bicyclists traveling from California to Maine on a fundraising trip recently stopped in Indianapolis, where staff from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) got to work alongside them to help improve a neighborhood. Check out a video of the …
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A Sears spinoff company is actively recruiting independent hardware stores and lumberyards to open Sears-branded space within their businesses for selling appliances and lawn and garden equipment. The company, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, requires that each independent business dedicate at least …
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The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is sending association staff to speak at trade shows, visit with store owners in the U.S. and represent North American retailers to companies and industry organizations abroad. In August and September, for example, …
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Lowe’s Canada, the Toronto-based division of Lowe’s Companies Inc., recently named Gregor Stuart vice president for supply chain. Stuart is joining a team that is looking to expand the big-box retailer’s presence in Canada. He comes to Lowe’s with more than 25 years of …
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Ace Hardware Corporation has promoted Tom Molleur to vice president of distribution. Molleur will report to Lori Bossmann, Ace’s executive vice president of supply chain. He will oversee the operations of Ace Hardware’s 14 retail support centers as well as its transportation–including …
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The number of homes sold in the U.S. and their median selling prices increased in June, up from 2014 and setting the highest selling pace since 2007. Completed sales transactions on existing homes increased to 573,000, which is growth of 13.2 percent from a year ago, …
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