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Independent We Stand, an organization that supports locally owned businesses, is taking to the road today to visit independents from Detroit to Boston – and the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is along for the ride. During the trip, Independent We Stand and NRHA …

Civic leaders joined Do it Best Corp. employees this week in celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary at the co-op’s headquarters. Local government officials joined more than 400 current and former Do it Best Corp. employees in celebrating the co-op for its performance as one …

True Value has partnered with Spike TV on the network’s original series “Catch A Contractor,” which follows host and master carpenter Adam Carolla, contractor Skip Bedell and private investigator Alison Bedell as they seek justice for families wronged by shady contractors. “Catch A Contractor” …

Existing-home sales were up in May, increasing by 5.1 percent from April and jumping 9.2 percent year over year. About 5.35 million existing single-family, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops sold in the U.S. in May, according to the National Association of …

Gracious Home, a chain of four luxury hardware and housewares stores in New York, has new owners—including former Wal-Mart exec Dottie Mattison. Mattison and real-estate executive David Mitchell are buying Gracious Home from an investment group, which will still own …

More than ever, consumers are looking to brick-and-mortar stores for an experience that helps them validate their final purchasing decisions, despite their extensive online retail options. TimeTrade, an online appointment scheduling software company, recently conducted a survey of 1,029 consumers …

During the month of June, True Value Company began hosting one-day certification training workshops for its members across the U.S. There will be 67 sessions held during June and July and more to come in August. The training workshops were announced at …

U.S. retail and food services sales increased in May, up an estimated 2.7  percent from May 2014 — but the home improvement industry’s numbers were even better. Building materials and gardening supplies sellers saw retail sales go up by 4.8 percent year over year, and …