For an eighth consecutive year, Ace Hardware ranks highest in satisfying home improvement retail store customers. Ace Hardware achieves a score of 791 and performs particularly well in the staff and service factor. Menards ranks second with a score of …
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Do it Best Shows Off Growing Categories, Services For Its Retailers
Do it Best Corp. used its May market, held May 17-19 in Indianapolis, to highlight retail growth opportunities for its members. The co-op placed particular importance on the growth and expansion of core categories, the growth of new categories and …
Read More »True Value Sparks Strategic Initiatives in Q2
True Value announced it is gearing up to roll out its strategic plan in the fall that will highlight long-term changes for the co-op. While many efforts won’t be implemented until the end of 2014 or later, according to company …
Read More »Ace Reports ‘Record-Breaking’ First Quarter Increases
Ace Hardware today reported the company’s best first quarter for both revenues and net income in its 90-year history, it says. Total revenues were $1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of $155.5 million or 16.8 percent, …
Read More »Do it Best Retail Support Center Recognized for Four-Year Safety Record
Do it Best Corp. recognized its Waco, Texas, Retail Service Center (RSC) team for its ongoing commitment to safety and recording four consecutive years without any lost time due to a safety incident or injury. The record safety streak is …
Read More »Ace Partners with Valspar to Launch Paint Studio Advertising Campaign
Today Ace Hardware and Valspar Paint® introduced a new advertising campaign centered on familiar concepts from the beauty industry to introduce consumers to the new Paint Studio at Ace. The “Helpful is Beautiful” campaign, which was jointly developed by Ace …
Read More »Stan Hardman, Former Do it Best Board Chairman, Hardware Retailing Top Gun, Passes Away
Former Do it Best Board of Directors Chairman and president and chairman emeritus of Hardman Supply Company Stanley Hardman passed away April 22. Hardman was born on May 11, 1944, in Morgantown, West Virginia. He died in the Levine & …
Read More »Ace’s Open Buying Day Event for Prospective Vendors Scheduled for June 24
Industry vendors will have an opportunity to introduce their products to Ace Hardware at the co-op’s Open Buying Day Event on June 24 at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill. At the event, merchants from Ace Hardware will meet …
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