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Popular Paint Projects on Pinterest

For many consumers, staying up to date on the latest trends in home design is easier than ever thanks to social sharing sites like Pinterest. In the March 2015 issue of Hardware Retailing, the editorial team looked at the different …

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How to Promote Locally Sourced Products

In the February 2015 issue of Hardware Retailing, we featured retailers who are incorporating locally sourced housewares products into their home improvement stores. The housewares category provides great opportunities to source products made by local vendors and a number of …

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A Sweet Sell For a Good Cause

When a longtime customer approached Paul Winberg, owner of Winberg’s True Value in Lakeville, Massachusetts, about selling candy bars to raise money for cancer research, Winberg was quick to say yes to the opportunity. “Unfortunately, I think everyone who walks …

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10 Photos to Take at Your Next Store Event

Store events are kind of your gig. As an independent retailer, you know how to throw a great store celebration. Each month, Hardware Retailing editors and designers hear about the unique and successful things retailers are doing in their stores. From ladies’ nights to barbecues and …

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House-Hasson Hosts Dealer Market

More than 1,200 people attended House-Hasson Hardware Company’s January dealer market. The independent regional hardware distributor hosted the dealer market in Nashville. Attendance was the highest House-Hasson had seen at a market, and included an increasing number of the Amish and …

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Brick-and-Mortar Regains Some Appeal

While consumers are more connected than ever through the Web, brick-and-mortar retailers are attracting more customers seeking in-person experiences for shopping. Growth in Internet retailing has outpaced store-based sales gains in recent years, yet consumers are moving from the Web to in-store promotions …

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Use Snapchat to Compete With Web Retailers

Here’s a suggestion for getting shoppers who check out products in your store to buy from you instead of online: use Snapchat. “A consumer walks into a store, falls in love with a product, whips out her phone, finds a lower price online, and …

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Busy Beaver Opening 16th Home Center

Busy Beaver Building Centers, Inc., a chain of locally owned home improvement stores, plans to open its 16th location this year. The Pittsburgh-based company expects to open the new home improvement center by June in Fairmont, West Virginia, according to a …

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