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Hardware retailers were among store chains making a point to keep their businesses closed on Thanksgiving this year. Home Depot and Ace Hardware both announced via social media that their stores would be closed on the holiday. Home Depot asked its …

The number of housing starts is steadily increasing and home improvement remodeling is on the rise, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal. With these two factors slowly improving, the economy is making strides toward pre-recession levels. The Bureau …

As the housing market continues to recover, the size of newly built single-family homes is slightly decreasing. Single-family home sizes have been on the rise since the end of the recession, and now they are tapering off for the second …

Jeremy Kinsley was a guest on Entrepreneur’s Insight radio show talks about how inspired leaders produce results. While many people are given the title of leader, a lot of them don’t elicit results because they don’t communicate in a way that inspires action …

Researchers argue in a recent study that many retailers, including Home Depot, use histories of online shoppers’ activity not only to customize movie recommendations or product suggestions on websites, but also to set individual prices for items. Retailers use data …

Great Lakes Ace Hardware named a hardware industry veteran as its new chief operating officer, according to the Farmington Voice. Jason Haley has worked for Ace Hardware for 13 years, and worked in the industry for 26 years, the article said. In …

Fact: Age groups shop differently. While the older generation tends to frequent brick-and-mortar stores, the younger generation is more likely to embrace mobile shopping. To what extent does age play a role in online shopping behavior and preferences? Bronto, a cloud-based …

Celebrity chef and style guru Ted Allen wrote at length about his fond appreciation for Chicago’s Clark-Devon Hardware, his all-time favorite hardware store, in the September 2014 issue of Popular Mechanics. Allen’s tribute to Clark-Devon Hardware anchors the issue’s special …