The staff at Burney True Value Hardware recently reimagined the first six decades of the store’s history through elaborately staged photographs of different time periods and events. The team has been celebrating the store’s 100th anniversary throughout the year, and …

If you stop by Joelton Hardware, Feed & Farmacy in Joelton, Tennessee, you might find the owner ordering plumbing parts for a customer, setting out fresh tomatoes to sell or singing on stage with a country music band. Kris McCarthy …

Pastors don’t buy hardware stores very often, but Shawn Risinger’s vocations have always involved helping people, so the career switch from preacher to purveyor was a more natural fit than it sounds. “It’s always about helping people. When the customers …

NHPA staff members Melanie Moul and Renee Changnon recently read these two books and talked to the authors on their podcasts. Get insights into the books here and head to your favorite local bookstore to get your own copies. Listen …

Wallauer Paint Hardware Design in New York has started a new initiative to court homebuyers as new customers and offer support to local real estate agents. Staffers at the 15 Wallauer stores are creating gift boxes, each containing a gift …

Carpenter’s Paint and Hardware is as much a part of its Camden, New York, community as its owner is. Jim Plumley has spent most of his life in the village, supplying customers with much-needed products and providing a listening ear …

Employee teams and companies thrive under good leadership, but what qualities make a good leader? And what are the costs when a company doesn’t have strong leaders? Good leadership can reduce employee turnover, strengthen work teams and help companies grow. …

Results are key for identifying good leaders. At Roblynn Home Hardware and Home Furniture in Oromocto, New Brunswick, owner and president Tanya Hanson Rocca considers it a huge compliment that other business owners often ask for her hiring secrets. “You …