True Value is placing an increased focus on helping members improve customer service and announced several initiatives aimed at doing so at the company’s Spring Reunion held in Dallas this past weekend. John Hartmann, True Value President and CEO, spoke …
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Last week, NRHA president and CEO, Bill Lee, hosted the “BIG Group” roundtable, a gathering of retailer CEOs who have been meeting once a year since 1966. During the meetings, retailers share new ideas and discuss current happenings in their businesses. As part …
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Less than two months after announcing it was closing all of its Canada stores, Target Corp. has committed to more cuts: U.S. corporate jobs. The Minneapolis-based retailer’s goal is to reduce costs by $2 billion over the next two years to …
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On Monday, March 2, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced the promotion of veteran staff member Lakisha Woods, CAE to chief marketing officer. This position will oversee all revenue-generating programs unrelated to NAHB’s International Builders’ Show exhibit space sales. …
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A heated debate between the CBS program “60 Minutes” and the well-known flooring company Lumber Liquidators has ensued following an episode of the Sunday-night television show. The CBS report claims Lumber Liquidators sold laminate flooring with higher levels of formaldehyde than permitted by California’s health …
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The North American Retail Hardware Association’s logo will be biking across the country this year. Bicyclists participating in the Fuller Center for Housing’s annual fundraiser, which is a 4,000-mile bike ride from California to Maine, will be wearing jerseys with NRHA’s …
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Home improvement retailers in the New Orleans area gathered this week to talk business with peers and leaders within the North American Retail Hardware Association. NRHA president and CEO Bill Lee and James Cabirac, NRHA board member and owner of Kief Hardware, hosted the retailers at a networking …
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Alliance International, the Do it Best buying partnership with Canadian co-op Home Hardware Stores Limited, has named a new executive director. Greg Mann replaced long-standing executive director Greg Thomas and will be leading Alliance International, which has $5 billion in …
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