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10 Reasons Facebook Can’t Replace Your Website

Facebook

Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Your Facebook page represents your business on social media, and it is a space to promote in-store events, announce new products and sales and connect with your customers. Having a presence on …

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10 Ways to Navigate a Family Business

family business

Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. For many people in this industry, retail and family go hand-in-hand. While running a family business is rewarding, it is not always easy. Hardware Retailing spoke with Wayne Rivers, co-founder and president …

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10 Lessons to Learn About Business Consultants

business consultant

Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. When 10th Street Hardware owners Steve DeShong and Troy Usnik were making plans to open a second store in Philadelphia, a friend recommended using a business consultant to help them manage the …

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Generation Z: Reaching the Next-Gen Consumer

Generation Z

Generation Z, the generation after millennials (born between 1995 and 2012, according to Forbes) makes purchasing decisions differently from every previous generation, mostly because of how they engage with digital and social media, according to influencer marketing agency Mediakix. These consumers …

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A Roundup of 10 List Resources

10 list

If the October issue of Hardware Retailing left you wanting just one more 10 list, you’re in luck. We compiled these additional articles from our archives to round out the 10 list resources. 10 Impulse Items Customers Crave This online …

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10 Ways NRHA Can Help Your Business

Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. As an independent home improvement retailer, you have access to a wide variety of benefits through the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA), your trade association. Many of the resources are free …

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10 Things Your Employees Are Dying to Tell You

Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. For many retailers, employees are family. Even if they’re not related by blood, these are the people you spend the most time with day to day. Yet even in the most harmonious …

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