Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Share What You Know to Support the Next Generation Leadership comes naturally to some people who choose to make independent home improvement retailing their profession, while other retailers enhance their leadership …
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Inside Out Leadership
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. How Professional Development Leads to Personal Growth When Jackie Sacks started working at Round Top Mercantile in Round Top, Texas, as a teenager, she never anticipated she would eventually become co-owner …
Read More »Build a Base With Foundations of Leadership
If you are looking for a training program to give your new managers or supervisors insight into their leadership skills, the NRHA Foundations of Leadership Program is a solid place to start. The 16-week online program is designed to prepare …
Read More »Build Your Own Chalkboard Stack Displays
At Petersburg Hardware, store manager Eric Smith needed new merchandising displays for large quantities of feed, so he decided to build his own. Use this step-by-step guide to build your own stack displays with attached chalkboard signage to call attention …
Read More »Runnings Refocuses Ladies Night
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for customers who shop for their home, farm and outdoor needs at any of 41 Runnings locations in seven states, the annual Ladies Night is linked with a special cause. The event …
Read More »Telling the Roselawn Story
At Roselawn True Value Hardware in Roselawn, Indiana, a piece of regional history sits on the shelf by the registers. Several years ago, community members from three area towns—Roselawn, Thayer and Shelby—came together to compile the first 100 years of …
Read More »4 Marketing Tips to Bring In Millennials
There are many different theories about millennials, the age group that the Pew Research Center says was born between 1981 and 1996. One undeniable fact, however, is that they are a large consumer base and are on track to outnumber …
Read More »NRHA to Host Third Annual Women’s Leadership Roundtable
The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is hosting a gathering for female leaders in the independent home improvement sector to share ideas and discuss current business issues and best practices. The third annual Women’s Leadership Roundtable is slated for …
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