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As COVID-19 continues to impact every aspect of retail, the latest retail sales report from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows overall retail and food service sales fell 8.7 percent from Feb. 2020 to March 2020. Retail, excluding food service,  …

Market research firms The Farnsworth Group and the Home Improvement Research Institute have announced an ongoing partnership to deliver weekly updates on how COVID-19 is impacting DIYers and contractors. The two organizations say the goal of the weekly updates is …

You’ve felt the winds of change. In this new decade, retail realities that once seemed like figments of the imagination are now commonplace. Robots work alongside humans in big boxes, and customers can have an entire shopping experience on the …

Use the following industry metrics to anticipate emerging trends and opportunities in the channel. Data is not seasonally adjusted, meaning these graphs represent real-time shifts in the market. Understand consumers’ desire to save or spend by gauging overall consumer confidence …

Mark Harris is the founder of The Harris Development Group, an organization that works with businesses from an array of industries to help teams strengthen communication, augment diversity and collaborate more effectively. As part of this quarter’s High Performance Retailing …

At the 2019 HIRI Insights Summit, a two-day research conference in Chicago presented by the Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI), industry analysts and home improvement executives gathered to discuss the health of home improvement in the U.S. To start the …

High Performance Retailing, a new quarterly data resource found in the pages of Hardware Retailing, introduces readers to the facts and figures that can safeguard their business’s future. Produced by the North American Retail Hardware Association and market research firm …

High Performance Retailing invites you to build your business with data. Launching within the pages of the September issue of Hardware Retailing magazine is High Performance Retailing, a quarterly data resource produced by the North American Retail Hardware Association and …