Nearly 700 Home Depot stores recently hosted hurricane preparedness workshops, which are one-day events the big-box retailer organizes annually. The workshops were intended to help prepare residents in storm-prone regions for the start of hurricane season, which begins today. The workshops …
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NRHA Visits, Learns From Retailers
The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) takes great pride in helping independent home improvement retailers run better, more profitable businesses. To connect with retailers and learn how the association can serve them even better, NRHA president and CEO Bill Lee has committed to visiting all of …
Read More »Association Plans China International Hardware Show
The China National Hardware Association is planning its fall show, which is an international exhibiting platform for the home improvement industry that connects buyers and manufacturers from across the globe. The China International Hardware Show is scheduled for Oct. 21-23 in Shanghai, …
Read More »Do it Best Market Includes Launch of New and Enhanced Programs
The Do it Best May Market, which began on Friday and is scheduled to run through today, kicked off with the co-op’s announcement of several new member programs and gave retailers plenty of opportunities to see new products, network and …
Read More »Do it Best Donates Bikes to Community Center
Employees from Do it Best Corp. assembled and donated bicycles to an Indianapolis community center this week. The co-op, which is based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, had sales and business development workers put together the two dozen bikes as a team-building project prior …
Read More »Photo Gallery: A Look Back at the 2015 National Hardware Show®
The home improvement industry’s biggest gathering offered three days packed with education, entertainment, networking and ceremonies celebrating outstanding retailers, products and companies. The National Hardware Show® hosted its 70th show May 5-7 in Las Vegas, and introduced some changes, such as …
Read More »Wired for Retail: 11 In-Store Tech Trends from GlobalShop
To view a PDF version of this story, click here. To find links to videos showing how all of these technologies work visit to hardwareretailing.com/globalshop2015. Technology has invaded nearly every aspect of consumers’ lives. Whether watching on-demand TV, browsing headlines on a …
Read More »More to See from GlobalShop 2015
In Hardware Retailing‘s May issue, retailers were able to read about trends in technology found at this year’s GlobalShop show in Las Vegas that took place in March. Technology has become extremely important to consumers, whether it’s browsing headlines on …
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