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When HomCo Lumber & Hardware in Flagstaff, Arizona, moved to a new location, the management team got creative with storage solutions in the new space. Throughout the retail areas, extra merchandise is stored above gondolas and shelves, hidden behind large photo …

As Residents and business owners of Catalina Island, located off the southern coast of California, Mike Cassidy and his wife Cinde MacGugan-Cassidy are familiar with water restrictions and the toll they can take on residents and businesses. When Mike and …

Askew’s Ace Hardware Wins Ace Bucket Display Contest For the third time in four years, Askew’s Ace Hardware in New Bern, North Carolina, was a top finisher in the Ace Bucket Display Contest, which benefits Children’s Miracle Network hospitals across the country. Associate Debby …

Each year, the Sugar Creek Fire Department hosts a Fire Protection and Life Safety Open House. And every year since 2007, Rob Walker, owner of New Palestine Hardware in New Palestine, Indiana, serves as a major backer for the event. …

It was 1956 when brothers Lee and Glen Miner opened Miner’s Ace Hardware and Wally Lewis became their first employee. After 66 years of loyal service to the company, Lewis retired at 95 years old. Miner’s Ace Hardware now has …

The staff at Burney True Value Hardware recently reimagined the first six decades of the store’s history through elaborately staged photographs of different time periods and events. The team has been celebrating the store’s 100th anniversary throughout the year, and …

Historic Welcome  Clinton Hardware in Clinton, Maryland, has an eye-catching entry display that introduces customers to the history of the operation.  The business opened in 1946, and the display includes a paint shaker that has belonged to the store since …

This podcast review is the third installment in a bimonthly series Hardware Retailing is publishing to highlight books, podcasts and other resources retailers recommend to fellow business owners in the independent home improvement industry.  P. Brett Thorne is chief operating …