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The 99th birthday of Cole Hardware founder Dave Karp was a reason for the Karp family and store staff to be grateful this year — and his Oct. 25 death was the loss of the company’s figurehead. Even as he aged, …

The brooms displayed horizontally like flying witches’ brooms in the window at Troup True Value make for a playful Halloween display. And the note with them is a fun play on words: “Witch Broom?” Cindy Troup, co-owner of the store in Sinton, Texas, found inspiration …

Hardware Holdings, LLC, owner of Handy Hardware in Texas, changed its corporate name this month to reposition the company as a national distributor. The new name, World and Main, LLC, is intended to present the company as the operational distributor it …

The month of November is busy for retailers and consumers alike. Most shoppers are out looking to score deals on holiday gifts. And on top of that, retail events like Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday get bigger and bigger …

A Texas home improvement retailer is getting attention for his ambitious work to create a store chain that makes sustainable products accessible and affordable enough to become the industry norm. That entrepreneur, Jason Ballard, started the business TreeHouse in 2009 in Austin, Texas. He has …

Attendees of the Do it Best October Market had the chance to sit in on the annual shareholders’ meeting and elect new members to the Indiana co-op’s board of directors. At the meeting, four new members were elected and one was re-elected to …

Davis Ace Hardware in Davis, California, regularly offers special events for children—but a recent event got an unusual flurry of interest online. The animated movie “Minions” debuted in July in the U.S., and Davis Ace invited kids to come to …

Lars Hybel, international vice president of True Value Company, recently died at age 51. The entire True Value team is saddened by the tragic and unexpected loss, according to John Hartmann, president and CEO. “While only with True Value for …