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To view a PDF of this story, click here. Ask the next 20-something-year-old who walks into your store about their morning routine. They’ll likely say they check social media, and Snapchat is probably part of the mix. What is Snapchat? …

Veteran Brad Chrisman, manager of Mills Ace Hardware in Lincoln City, Oregon, says mail call for soldiers who are stationed overseas can be a trying experience. “Nothing’s worse than being one of those guys who didn’t get anything.” So when …

For a couple of weeks at the beginning of each year, after all of the seasonal and holiday inventory has been packed away, there’s a little bit of empty salesfloor space at Longenecker’s True Value in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The staff …

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) wants you to know they’re the perfect match for your business. Sign up for a membership NRHA Feb. 6 through Feb. 14 and be entered to win a trip to the National Hardware Show® and NRHA All-Industry …

Customers at Mountain Hardware in Wrightwood, California, not only support the community by shopping at a local independent store—they can support a local charity, too. “My father set up a donation box many years ago,” says Mike Troeger, owner of …

Kelly Bundt knows that, if she were to take the perspective of a child walking through her store, there are a lot of colorful and interesting items to see and touch in Sac City Hardware. Parents have the challenge of …

Birdseed and fire prevention typically don’t have much in common. But for one weekend in October at Reineman’s True Value in Burlington, Wisconsin, the two categories worked side by side at the store’s annual truckload birdseed sale. Jeffrey Koenen, co-owner …

There are just a few shopping days left before Christmas. Want to bring those-last minutes shoppers into your store? Here are three ideas to try: Gift Sets People love prepackaged gifts around the holidays, as they make good host gifts …