Multiple Stores Berger Hardware, Hawthorne, New York, and Port Chester, New York Store Owner When Aimee Nichols was 22 years old, her father, Mark Rubeo, purchased Berger Hardware from a family friend. Soon after, Nichols started working at the store, and …
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2016 Young Retailer of the Year: Richard Lukowiak
Over $2 Million in Sales Johns Creek Ace Hardware, Johns Creek, Georgia General Manager Richard Lukowiak started working for his father at the family business during college. After leaving the business for a few years to pursue a career at Macy’s, …
Read More »2016 Young Retailer of the Year: Marc Currie
Over $2 Million in Sales Niece Lumber, Lambertville, New Jersey President Marc Currie first began working for the family business when he was in high school, lending a hand wherever needed. He wasn’t sold on making a career in the home improvement …
Read More »2016 Young Retailer of the Year: Jared Sawyer
Over $2 Million in Sales Sawyer’s True Value, The Dalles, Oregon Owner When Jared Sawyer decided to come back to work full time at Sawyer True Value at the end of 2004, he didn’t take long to show he had …
Read More »2016 Young Retailer of the Year: Dan Moulton
Multiple Store Retailers Hanover Home Hardware Centre, Hanover, Ontario Alliston Home Hardware Building Centre, Alliston, Ontario Dealer-Owner Dan Moulton and his wife, Emily, may have only been 24 years old when they walked into Hanover Home Hardware Building Centre as the new …
Read More »2016 Young Retailer of the Year: Travis Hellvig
Under $2 Million in Sales Hartford Building Center, Hartford, South Dakota Operations Manager Travis Hellvig was a junior in high school when his parents purchased Hartford Building Center in 2008. As a result, he had the opportunity to observe and …
Read More »Store Tied to More Than a Century of Community Memories
Joughin Hardware has been its community’s primary resource of DIY project advice and household problem solving for 139 years. “We’ve been an important part of our community for all of these years because if people have a problem, they know we can help them fix …
Read More »Historic Store Opened During the California Gold Rush
When the state of California was bustling with thousands of miners eager to strike gold in the 1800s, Placerville Hardware sold supplies to the fortune seekers and accepted gold dust as payment. Today, the clientele has changed, but the original wooden floors, sliding ladders and …
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