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A Plan for Philanthropy

By Mandy Seiders, Manager, Cypress Ace Hardware and Feed Credit cards readers are down; cashier is late; and what’s that little Post-it note on your door say? Just that your lead sales associate quit without notice. As retailers, we’ve all …

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The Amazon Effect

This presentation looks at what makes Amazon so successful, how consumers’ attitudes about shopping online for home improvement products have changed and the effect these changing habits have on the home improvement industry. To view the full presentation, click here.

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Hartville Hardware Opens Mega Store in Ohio

When referring to home improvement retailing, it’s typical to correlate big outlets with the stark, cement environments often found in warehouse models. But the team at Hartville Hardware had a different idea for their store. When they were planning an …

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Rob Ferraro — 2011 Young Retailer of the Year

Rob Ferraro, manager of Jerry’s Paint & Hardware in Narraganset, Rhode Island, was recently named one of the home improvement industry’s five Young Retailers of the Year by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA). He was selected as one …

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