Bicyclists traveling from California to Maine on a fundraising trip recently stopped in Indianapolis, where staff from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) got to work alongside them to help improve a neighborhood. Check out a video of the …

A Sears spinoff company is actively recruiting independent hardware stores and lumberyards to open Sears-branded space within their businesses for selling appliances and lawn and garden equipment. The company, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, requires that each independent business dedicate at least …

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is sending association staff to speak at trade shows, visit with store owners in the U.S. and represent North American retailers to companies and industry organizations abroad. In August and September, for example, …

Ace Hardware Corporation has promoted Tom Molleur to vice president of distribution.  Molleur will report to Lori Bossmann, Ace’s executive vice president of supply chain. He will oversee the operations of Ace Hardware’s 14 retail support centers as well as its transportation–including …

The number of homes sold in the U.S. and their median selling prices increased in June, up from 2014 and setting the highest selling pace since 2007. Completed sales transactions on existing homes increased to 573,000, which is growth of 13.2 percent from a year ago, …

You might already know how you want to spend your years as a retiree, but have you thought through how you’ll feel during the transition into retirement? Whether you hope to keep working part time or want to leave retailing far behind …

To view a PDF of this story, click here, and visit hardwareretailing.com/retirement-persona-checklist to download an PDF checklist of the different steps to prepare for your retirement persona. Full Time, Part Time or Free Time? By Liz Lichtenberger, llichtenberger@nrha.org and Kate Klein, kklein@nrha.org If you’ve gotten your finances in order, …

Tractor Supply Company opened new stores and saw increases in sales and income during the second quarter of 2015. The rural lifestyle store chain had net sales of $1.77 billion, an increase of about 12 percent from 2014’s second quarter. Net income …