The busy holiday shopping season is a great time to remind your customers that shopping local makes a positive difference in your community. The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and Independent We Stand offer a free marketing toolkit for you to …
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Cat, Flynn, Makes Himself at Home in Store
To help connect with customers and contain mice in the store, the owners of Kelly’s True Value Hardware in Newburyport, Massachusetts, adopted a feline employee. The cat came to the store with the name JackKnife, but they changed his name …
Read More »Ace Stores Honor Veterans With Free Flags for Memorial Day
Horizon Ridge Ace Hardware honors military veterans all year long, so joining Ace Hardware’s corporate goal to give away 1 million U.S. flags to customers and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts was an easy decision. On May 26, participating Ace …
Read More »Retailer’s Mural Reminds Customers of Area Industries
Part of growing and expanding a business is always knowing where you started. The first customers who came through your doors were the ones who helped your business become successful. At CJ’s Do it Center in Price, Utah, that past …
Read More »South Dakota Retailers Partner for Food Drive
During the holiday season, homeless shelters and food pantries are overwhelmed by the amount of volunteers and donations that come through the doors. However, as the holidays wind down and the hustle and bustle of daily life returns, people may …
Read More »Fishing Expo Helps Customers, Good Causes
Everyone has heard their share of fish tales from anglers, those exaggerated claims of fish they’ve caught, fish that got away and the one they totally caught but didn’t get a photo of to show you. It’s part of the …
Read More »5 Ways to Promote and Market Outdoor Power Equipment
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Renee Changnon, rchangnon@nrha.org Revved Up As winter melts away and spring kicks into gear, consumers eagerly dust the cobwebs off their outdoor power equipment. Before they can begin reviving their …
Read More »Funds Are ‘In the Bag’ in Ontario
For its third annual Ladies’ Night, JL’s Home Hardware Building Centre in Guelph, Ontario, decided to put on a real show. The event, designed to raise funds for a worthy charity each year, is also one the community looks forward …
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