Identifying and training leaders is a vital part of an organization’s success. To learn how other retail operations have recognized leadership potential, Hardware Retailing spoke with multiple retailers in its February 2016 issue. To provide suggestions for ways you as independent home …
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Retailer’s Methods for Going to Markets
To get a better understanding of what retailers do at buying markets and what some of the best practices are, Hardware Retailing magazine looked at what three retailers do before, during and after buying markets in its February issue. In addition to …
Read More »How Do You Go to Market?
To view a PDF of this story, click here and read a Q&A from another retailer who has different strategies for going to markets. By: Liz Lichtenberger llichtenberger@nrha.org , Jesse Carleton jcarleton@nrha.org and Sara Logel slogel@nrha.org. If you’re like the typical home …
Read More »Josiah Gates: A Diamond in the Rough
Josiah Gates is the vice president of retail innovation at Aubuchon Hardware, which has 110 stores located throughout the northeast. One of his favorite sayings is, “Great leaders develop great leaders.” This is largely out of respect for the key …
Read More »Tyler Russom: Leading By Example
Tyler Russom is a district manager with Buchheit Enterprises, which has eight large-format farm stores/home centers located in southeastern Missouri and western Illinois. He cut his leadership teeth working for Lowe’s, going through its management/leadership training rigors. After leaving Lowe’s …
Read More »Jim Rivas: Courageous Leadership
Jim Rivas is the director of store operations at Friedman’s Home Improvement, which has four large-format home centers and is based in Santa Rosa, California. Rivas has worked in retail management nearly his entire career. When he was in his …
Read More »Christian Herrick: Building the Team
Christian Herrick is the chief executive officer of Randy’s Do It Best Hardware, which has two stores based in Timberville, Virginia. Herrick’s leadership journey has covered a lot of territory, taking him from missionary work in Alaska to a service …
Read More »How Social Media Can Be a Powerful Recruitment Tool
Want another way to find job candidates or know more about current applicants? Search for them online. According to a recent report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), more than one-third (36 percent) of organizations disqualified a job …
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