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Spicing up Your Housewares Department

To view this story as a PDF, click here. We’ve also compiled a collection of photos from other retailers, both inside and outside of the industry, click here to view the slide show. A Winning Recipe By Jesse Carleton, jcarleton@nrha.org …

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The Art of Hardware

Jeff Fuller of Fuller & Son Hardware in Little Rock enjoys taking black iron pipes, fittings, lamp sockets and wires and creating pieces of functional art. He adds Edison-style light bulbs, and sells the unusual lamps to everyone from artsy …

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Need More Room? These Retailers Moved Up

If you’re considering expanding your operation but the building you want isn’t the perfect fit, it may be time to think outside the box and consider going vertical. That’s what retailer Will Aubuchon, president and CEO of Aubuchon Hardware, says his …

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Photos Tell Story of Company History

Star Lumber is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. While much has changed with the business in that time, a quick look around the main showroom in Wichita, Kansas, shows store staff haven’t forgotten the past. Inside the store, signs …

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Retailer Turns Store into Temporary Art Gallery

The large wooden wrench hanging from the store’s ceiling and the vintage vacuum cleaner decorated with mosaic tiles aren’t typical decor for Highland Hardware & Bike Shop. But the Holyoke, Massachusetts, store became an offbeat art gallery from mid-September through …

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Living Logo Inspires Customers

Living Logo

The new logo in Hassett Hardware’s Redwood City, California, store is alive. The double-H logo is a vertical garden displayed on a wall in the store’s garden center, and is filled with succulent plants, which live for years and require …

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