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Ace CEO Offers Insights Into Year Ahead

Ace CEO

The Ace Hardware 2025 Spring Convention just wrapped up in San Antonio, Texas, welcoming over 11,200 attendees—including 4,073 Ace retailers and a record 564 Emery-Jensen retailers—who browsed the sold-out show floor and engaged with the 5,020 vendors sharing their products …

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Behind the Scenes of Color of the Year With Valspar

Valspar Color of the Year

Earlier this week, Valspar announced its 2025 Color of the Year: Encore (available at Lowe’s) and Epic Adventure (available at independent home improvement stores). To learn more about this bold color selection and for more on the strategy behind selecting a color …

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Houzz Economic Expert Shares 2023 Insights

Marine Sargsyan is a staff economist at Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design, including the all-in-one software solution for industry professionals. She specializes in survey and data science, providing timely insights on national and international renovation market …

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NAHB Economic Expert Shares 2023 Insights

Danushka Nanayakkara-Skillington is the National Association of Home Builders‘ (NAHB) assistant vice president for forecasting and analysis. She oversees the activities of the forecasting & analysis section of the economics group which includes housing market analysis, industry surveys, developing and …

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Gen Zers Share Insights About Customer Service

Gen Z

Understanding your entire customer base is an important aspect of a successful business, as is understanding your employees. Hardware Retailing spoke with two members of Gen Z, Brandon Packer, an associate at Miller’s Hardware in Spokane, Washington, and Gerry Newenhof, an …

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