Paying for more experiences and shopping with cash saved at the gas pump were among the reasons for an uptick in holiday spending in 2015. Overall spending jumped 7.9 percent from the previous year, according to the MasterCard SpendingPulse report. This …
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A smart home built for research at a university has already conserved thousands of gallons of water. The Honda Smart Home, which is located on the University of California’s Davis campus, features energy efficient appliances, lighting and heating and cooling systems. However, …
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For last-minute holiday gift buying and, really, all-year shopping, it’s no secret: consumers have increasingly turned to their computers and handheld devices as gateways to a global world of retailing. Following the brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers haven’t skipped out on the shopping …
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As seen in the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and Hardware Retailing’s 2015 Market Measure, the home improvement industry experienced favorable growth in 2015, growing nearly 5 percent above 2014. This steady growth was also seen in research gathered by …
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The spring buying season is just around the corner. Buying markets are among the best opportunities to see manufacturers’ new and innovative products and plan for category growth. In its 2015 Magazine Readership Study, Hardware Retailing asked retailers which categories they are most interested in …
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View a PDF of this story of download the online Selling Guide to share the new trends in builder’s hardware with your team! Home Design and Trends to Sell For any homeowner, remodeling or revamping the kitchen is a major undertaking. The project can take …
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To download a PDF of the complete 2015 Market Measure, please complete the form at the bottom of the page. It doesn’t take an Ivy League economist to explain what happens when consumers have more money in their pockets, their homes’ …
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In Hardware Retailing‘s 2015 Market Measure, the magazine highlights the top four distributors in the independent home improvement industry and their 2014 financial performance. Below are additional distributors that provided Hardware Retailing with their 2014 financial information.
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