Nearly 23,000 new retail jobs were added in June, but not in the building materials category, according to the National Retail Federation. Total retail employment – excluding car dealerships, gas stations and restaurants – increased by 212,000 jobs on a year-over-year basis, according …

The hunting and fishing trophies on display at Horicon Hardware Hank & Rental serve multiple purposes. For one, owner and manager David Konrath gets to show off a bear and the antlered deer heads that are the prizes of his and his …

Cyclists who are biking cross-country to fundraise for The Fuller Center for Housing and do service projects sponsored by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) are more than halfway finished with their trip. That means the bicyclists have been on the road …

You may have hundreds of customers enrolled in your store’s loyalty program, and those shoppers might religiously use their rewards cards at your business. But are you maximizing the ways a customer loyalty program can benefit your operation? Loyalty programs reinforce your store’s relationship …

Americans spent less on home improvement and garden products in June than in May, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Shoppers reduced their home improvement spending by 1.3 percent in that period. The June 2014 to June 2015 drop was 1.4 percent. Overall retail …

Menards has committed to ending sales of vinyl flooring that contains toxic chemicals called phthalates, following the lead of Lowe’s and Home Depot, which made similar commitments earlier this year. All three companies have agreed to phase out those products …

Customers who look for fencing and halters for horses at Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply in Carthage, Missouri, get a small reminder of life on the farm as they shop for those products. They walk through the entrance of …

Gerald Allen Winn Jr., House-Hasson Hardware’s vice president of merchandising, died Sunday at age 58. Winn had worked for 32 years for House-Hasson, which is a regional hardware distributor headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was known throughout the hardware industry …