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Home builders, designers and manufacturers all flocked to the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday to kick off Design & Construction Week. Founding partners the National Association of Home Builders and the National Kitchen and Bath Association are co-locating the International Builders’ Show® …

Walmart has announced plans to close 269 stores, including 154 locations in the U.S., which marks a change for the company. “It’s the first mass closing,” Walmart expert and journalist Charles Fishman told Hardware Retailing. “I think this isn’t significant financially. It’s significant symbolically.” …

On an average day at Tupelo Hardware in Tupelo, Mississippi, employees can go from assisting a customer in finding a product to sharing memories of rock n’ roll legend Elvis Presley. In addition to loyal customers, the staff regularly meets …

Taylor’s Do it Centers of Virginia Beach announced the company is buying seven Pleasants Hardware stores in the Richmond, Virginia, area, according to an article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The deal is expected to close mid-February, according to the article. After the …

Richard “Chet” Kendall, formerly of West Union, Ohio, died in December at the age of 92. He passed away at Woodlands Retirement Center in Huntington, West Virginia. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, June Kendall, as well as his …

Students from the NRHA Retail Management Certification Program’s Fall 2015 session are speaking up about why they find the program so valuable to their careers and the businesses they work for. If you are thinking about attending an upcoming class …

CES® has become known as a place to see innovative and breakthrough technologies, and this year, home improvement products for the smart home got some attention. At this year’s event, manufacturers and developers from around the world wowed attendees with innovations …

Lowe’s is growing its Orchard Supply Hardware chain, which the big-box retailer bought out of bankruptcy in 2013. Orchard Supply Hardware is set to open nine new stores in 2016, growing its store count from 76 to 85, according to the …