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Lee Rector: 2014 Young Retailer of the Year

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LeeLee Rector
Thomas Home Center True Value, McKinleyville, Calif.
Retail Store Manager
Category: Under $2 Million in annual sales

While he grew up working in the family hardware store, Rector started working full-time in the business establishing a marketing department at the same time he was going full time to college. After graduation, he became the retail manager and oversaw a full remodel of the store, which began increasing sales after several years of decline. He has also taken on managing the store’s outreach and fundraising, which includes a variety of community groups.

About Whitney Daulton

Whitney and her team contribute to the creative development of NRHA and Hardware Retailing magazine’s brand identities, marketing and advertising campaigns, events, websites and print and interactive publications. Her team works to provide independent retailers with quality information and tools to help them become better and more profitable. Whitney graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism also focusing in Graphic Design. She recently completed an executive education program at Yale University.

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