You can carry a huge selection of products and offer many extra services, but unless you pair those with excellent customer service, you’ll have trouble retaining customers and growing sales. Retail expert Bob Phibbs recently shared his top 10 customer …
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When temperatures drop below freezing for several days or storms damage buildings, general manager Jason Wright and other staff members post their personal cellphone numbers on the store’s Facebook page with reminders that customers can call if their water pipes …
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Last month, Hardware Retailing explored how two retailers shifted their operations to keep customers and employees safe during the first months of COVID-19’s retail impact. From establishing new workflows to leaning into digital communication, Connolly’s Do it Best in Fort …
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Independent home improvement retailers have stepped up to meet the challenges of serving customers during a pandemic. Many shoppers have avoided in-store shopping, while others have swarmed to stores to stock up on everything from hand sanitizer to bags of …
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Hardware Retailing asked distributors how they amended operations to best serve their customers during the initial phases of lockdown, including communication and supply chain logistics. Read the remarks from Distribution America‘s president and CEO Dave Christmas below, and click here …
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Hardware Retailing asked distributors how they amended operations to best serve their customers during the initial phases of lockdown, including communication and supply chain logistics. Read the remarks from Orgill Inc.‘s president and CEO Boyden Moore below, and click here …
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Hardware Retailing asked distributors how they amended operations to best serve their customers during the initial phases of lockdown, including communication and supply chain logistics. Read the remarks from Do it Best’s vice president of merchandising Dent Johnson below, and …
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When Jason Haley heard about the COVID-19 pandemic, he quickly took action. He ordered $40,000 in extra inventory to stock Ace Hardware of Clarkston, his store in Clarkston, Michigan. He assumed supply chain interruptions would make it challenging to keep …
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