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Acme Tools Store Tour

George Kuhlman founded Acme Tools in 1948 as a small electric motor repair shop in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Since then, it has grown to 10 locations in Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota. Acme Tools is also a leading authorized online retailer of tools and equipment. Recently, Hardware Retailing editors visited the Acme Tools store in Plymouth, Minnesota, and found the showroom offers a classroom example of some of the best practices in merchandising and store layout. Click the photos below for a tour of the store.

About Jesse Carleton

Jesse Carleton has visited independent hardware retailers, conducted original research on the industry and written extensively about the business of hardware retailing. Jesse has written for more than a dozen of NHPA’s contract publishing titles, all related to the hardware retailing industry. He also was instrumental in developing the Basic Training in Hardware Retailing courses now used by thousands of retailers across the country.

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