Each quarter, the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA), in conjunction with The Farnsworth Group, surveys independent retailers on several key operating metrics. The Independent Retailer Index asks retailers across the U.S. about their year-over-year performance in the previous …

The North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) is one of several small business organizations that have signed on as co-hosts for a virtual town hall event highlighting industry efforts to rein in monopoly power and level the playing field …

Hancock Lumber announced that chief people officer Wendy Scribner will retire in April following nearly 40 years at the company. To prepare for her departure, the company has welcomed her successor, Anna Russo. “Anna absolutely impressed me during our interview …

Do it Best has tapped two digital-focused team members as e-commerce divisional managers. Effective immediately, Corbin Prows is the divisional manager of e-commerce platform operations, and Brianna Wells is the divisional manager of e-commerce: marketing and merchandising. Prows moves into …

Home Hardware Stores Ltd. was recently named to Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers for the fourth year in a row. Presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the award is based on independent employee surveys who provided feedback on their …

After nearly 13 years of dedicated service at Do it Best and over 35 years in the independent home improvement industry, Rich Lynch has retired from his role as vice president of marketing at Do it Best. He joined the …

Kelly-Moore Paints has furloughed approximately 700 of its employees across the company’s locations and is in the process of temporarily halting operations at its paint manufacturing facility in Hurst, Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News. The company is actively …

Hillman Solutions Corp. announced that it has acquired Koch Industries Inc., a provider and merchandiser of rope and twine, chain and wire rope and related hardware products. This acquisition marks the entrance into rope and chain, a new product category …