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Meeting Independents Along Route 66  This past March, I, Renee Changnon, editor for Hardware Retailing, had the opportunity to join Independent We Stand on the Great American Route 66 Road Trip. Our trip began in Oklahoma City and continued until …

Since California and New York approved minimum wage increases this month, minimum wage is fresh on business owners’ minds. But increases–even up to a $15 base wage–aren’t cause for intense anxiety, says Gina Schaefer, who owns A Few Cool Hardware Stores’ 11 locations in Washington, D.C., …

Home Hardware Stores Limited was once again named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. The title is one Home Hardware has retained since first receiving the distinction in 2012. Canada’s Best Managed Companies is the country’s leading business awards program that recognizes …

Charles Fishman, an award-winning author and investigative journalist, took questions from Hardware Retailing on Walmart and home improvement. His book, “The Wal-Mart Effect,” got inside the world’s largest company for the first time and explains how Walmart does what it does. Fishman …

Just within the past six months or so, three American home improvement companies have modified and begun expanding their approaches to selling within Canada – drawing attention to the Canadian home improvement market, which has an ever-expanding competitive American position …

This summer, industry vendors will have the opportunity to introduce their products to Ace Hardware during the co-op’s Open Buying Day event. Ace will host the event June 21 at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center in Oak …

Ace Hardware is linked to Lowe’s pending purchase of Canadian home improvement company RONA, and the U.S. co-op plans to partner with Lowe’s as the big box expands in Canada. When Lowe’s closes a $2.3 billion deal to buy RONA this …

Last week, I had the opportunity to join Independent We Stand on the Great American Route 66 Road Trip to visit independents across the country. Over the course of five days, we traveled nearly 1,400 miles, starting in Oklahoma City and stopping …