When store manager Mitch Turner gives his customers the opportunity to give to a local charity, he often ends up doing more than just raising a few dollars for a good cause. He’s raising awareness and lending support in ways …
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How Two German Garden Centers Stay Successful
While attending the garden show spoga+gafa in Cologne, Germany, in September, Hardware Retailing editor Jesse Carleton also had the opportunity to visit two garden centers in the area. These garden centers are exemplary in the way they merchandise their wares …
Read More »An Inside Look At Cole Hardware’s Window Displays
For decades, window displays have been a staple of many downtown retailers’ marketing strategies. For some retailers, windows are a place to put their best and newest merchandise on display so passers-by will window shop and hopefully come inside. Other …
Read More »How to Manage Unproductive Inventory
Click the image above to download a PDF of the story. Beware of slow-moving inventory. It lurks in nearly every retail operation. Often called dead inventory, slow-movers are items that, for whatever reason, are just not selling. You know you …
Read More »10 Ways NRHA Training Benefits Your Business
Click the picture to download a download a PDF of this story. Poor customer service, lost sales and increased shrinkage are just a few of the results of ignoring your employees’ hardware education. Employees need training to succeed. The North American Retail …
Read More »10 Smart Home Products to Sell in 2019
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Still trying to understand smart devices? In a category that is still relatively new to the market and that seems to change constantly, it may be difficult to know where to start. …
Read More »Snapshot of Spoga+Gafa
Click on the image above to download a PDF of the story. As the world’s leading lawn and garden show, spoga+gafa is a destination for retailers looking for new products, trends and inspiration for how to separate themselves from their …
Read More »Gardening and Outdoor Living Trends on Display at spoga+gafa 2018
For three days, visitors from around the world gathered at the Koelnmesse Exhibition Center in Cologne, Germany, for spoga+gafa, the annual international lawn and garden trade fair. The event, held Sept. 2-4, drew more than 40,000 visitors from 114 countries …
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