By Jesse Carleton, jcarleton@nrha.org Back to School How can home improvement stores appeal to the next generation of shoppers? That was the topic of discussion at Everson’s Hardware Hank, in Waconia, Minnesota, on a Monday morning in February. Five students …
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Can You Fix This Merchandising?
Aisle in Disorder The rows of gondola shelving spread throughout your salesfloor may not be as flashy as your endcaps or power aisle displays, but they do a lot of work. That’s where you put the rank-and-file products that make …
Read More »Merchandising Ideas from Washington Retailers
If you’re looking for some new ideas, hit the road. Visiting other retailers is a valuable way to get inspiration and a perspective of what others in the industry are doing. Everyone has something to contribute. Earlier this spring, Hardware …
Read More »Cedar Adds Personality to Texas Store
Shortly after Keith and Marsha Crow purchased their store, Camp Wood Hardware and Lumber in Camp Wood, Texas, in 2012, they started a complete remodel. Their to-do list included updating assortments and cleaning up the interior—fairly typical for anyone remodeling …
Read More »How 3 Retailers Find and Sell Unique Categories
Gourmet foods, local gifts, unique home goods, custom cabinets, firearms, live bait, microbrew beer, even frozen pizzas— there’s no shortage of variety alongside the core hardware categories at Solon Springs Mercantile. Owners Meg and Ken Thoreson have built up a …
Read More »Retailers Share Niche Categories
Niche categories can add excitement to your business, and most retailers are always on the lookout for a new category to try. In the 2019 May issue of Hardware Retailing, three retailers offered their insights into how they’ve created successful …
Read More »How to Be Successful with Buy Online, Pickup in Store
Home improvement retailers who talk about their competition these days inevitably include Amazon on the list. Fortunately, there are many ways to compete against this formidable retailer. One of the tactics many retailers are now pursuing is by offering a …
Read More »Can Your Staff Fix This?
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Jesse Carleton, jcarleton@nrha.org Endcaps Askew Something’s wrong in the picture of the endcap on the left. Can everyone on your staff figure out what it is? In January, Hardware Retailing introduced a …
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