Yoder’s Shipshewana Hardware has invited customers to a game night Thursday, offering a multi-purpose event at the store. Games and toys are an important category for the Shipshewana, Indiana, store, and hosting the game night is drawing attention to the 3,000 SKUs …

Millennials are likely to be the generation that buys the highest number of homes this year — and the real estate agents serving them are having to learn cross-generational communication. “We’re seeing a population on the consumer side that is not being …

Less than two months after announcing it was closing all of its Canada stores, Target Corp. has committed to more cuts: U.S. corporate jobs. The Minneapolis-based retailer’s goal is to reduce costs by $2 billion over the next two years to …

The North American Retail Hardware Association’s logo will be biking across the country this year. Bicyclists participating in the Fuller Center for Housing’s annual fundraiser, which is a 4,000-mile bike ride from California to Maine, will be wearing jerseys with NRHA’s …

Alliance International, the Do it Best buying partnership with Canadian co-op Home Hardware Stores Limited, has named a new executive director. Greg Mann replaced long-standing executive director Greg Thomas and will be leading Alliance International, which has $5 billion in …

For the first time, the largest industry event for home improvement retailers around the world will feature an auction concept. The National Hardware Show® is hosting the auction, which will give May show attendees opportunities to bid on hundreds of different product lots …

To download a PDF of this story, click here. Visit hardwareretailing.com/2015pricing-study to view the NRHA’s 2015 State of Pricing Study.  Whether you like it or not, today’s consumers have access to detailed pricing information for every item in your store. In fact, in some cases, …

Buying two wholesale companies and growing same-store sales boosted revenue for Ace Hardware Corp. in 2014. The home improvement co-op reported 2014 fiscal-year revenue of $4.7  billion, for growth of 13.2 percent year over year. Fourth-quarter revenue also increased, up 13.6 percent …