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Liz Lichtenberger

Liz is the special projects editor for Hardware Retailing magazine. She reports on news and trends, visits retailers, and attends industry events. She graduated from Xavier University, where she earned a degree in English and Spanish and was a member of the swim team. Liz is a Louisville, Kentucky, native who lives in Indianapolis with her husband and two children. She enjoys swimming, reading, doing home improvement projects around her house and cheering on her two favorite basketball teams, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Xavier Musketeers.

Plenty of Outdoor Living Products on Display at Spoga+Gafa

Many homeowners have taken indoor living outside, adding high-quality furniture, deluxe grills, full outdoor kitchens and more in their backyards. And spoga+gafa, the world’s largest lawn, garden and outdoor living trade fair, which runs through tomorrow in Cologne, Germany, is …

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Amazon’s Mobile POS System

Amazon is ready for a fight in what has become a boxing ring filled with mobile point-of-sale providers. But it might have the early advantage against the reigning heavyweight champ thanks to a generous pricing model for first-time users. Amazon …

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Housing Starts Up in July

Fueled by strong single- and multifamily growth, nationwide housing starts rose 15.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.093 million units in July, the highest level since November 2013, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department …

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Home-Price Gains Slowing in Some Markets

Home-price growth continued to moderate in many metropolitan areas in the second quarter and national year-over-year price appreciation is now at its slowest pace since 2012, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The median …

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Using Technology to Help Your Shoppers

The retail industry is brimming with technological advancements. From beacons and in-store analytics to augmented reality, wearable tech, and 3-D printing, there certainly isn’t a shortage of gizmos that merchants can use in their stores.  Be that as it may, …

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