An ongoing commitment to mobile technology and app development in 2013 earned Do it Best Corp. a spot in a list of the top business technology innovators in the U.S. InformationWeek, a leading publication of the business technology community, placed …
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Home Hardware Named to ‘Canada’s Best Managed Companies’ List
Home Hardware Stores Limited was recently named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the second year in a row. Having initially received the designation in 2012, the company successfully re-qualified and retained its status for 2013. The designation comes …
Read More »Ace Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Ace Hardware is celebrating the organization’s 90th anniversary with a national promotional event. Founded in Chicago in 1924 by five independent hardware store owners, Richard Hesse, E. Gunnard Lindquist, Frank Burke, Oscar Fischer and William Stauber, these entrepreneurs made the …
Read More »Do it Best Corp. Appoints New Vice President of Marketing
Do it Best Corp. announced today the selection of Rich Lynch as the co-op’s new vice president of marketing. In this position, Lynch will lead a team dedicated to helping co-op member-owners grow their businesses through effective, flexible and scalable …
Read More »Terry Davis to Become CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited
Home Hardware’s Board of Directors announced that Terry Davis, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Home Hardware Stores Limited, will become the new Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1, 2014. Davis succeeds current President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Straus, who remains …
Read More »Ace Hardware Recognizes Retailer with First-Ever Retail Leadership Award
Ace Hardware Corporation recently recognized Les Orchekowsky of Sierra Vista, Ariz., with Ace’s first-ever Ray A. Griffith Retail Leadership Award. Named after Ace’s former CEO Ray A. Griffith who retired in March 2013, the award will be given annually to …
Read More »Ace LED Clamp Light Recalled
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a recall of Ace Hardware’s Ace Clamp-On LED Work Lights due to a potential electric shock and fire hazard. According to the CPSC report, the cord bushing inside the light base could fail, allowing the cord …
Read More »Do it Best Opens Retail Service Center in Sikeston, Mo.
Executives from Do it Best Corp. joined civic and economic development leaders from the city of Sikeston, Mo., Scott County and the state of Missouri at an event recently to celebrate the official grand opening of the co-op’s new Retail …
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