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Ace Hardware Partners with Spike TV on “Framework” Show

Ace Hardware will play a significant role in the upcoming Spike TV new original series, “Framework,” promoted as the first furniture-design competition series. Ace Hardware is providing the Ace Supply Station, a large hub located in the “Framework” workshop that will provide contestants with …

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What Is Your Business Worth?

Are you evaluating your business for succession planning purposes or want to know how much your company is worth? Small Business Bonfire highlights an infographic to help businesses estimate how much they are worth. The tool should be used as a guideline to …

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Builder Confidence Staying Steady

Builder confidence is staying steady, and that consistency showed up in data this month from the National Association of Home Builders. “After a sluggish start to 2014, the (Housing Market Index) has stabilized in the mid-to-high 50s index level trend for the past six …

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What Do Your Sales Associates Do That Websites Can’t?

Thanks to retail websites and online search engines, consumers no longer think of retail sales associates as particularly trustworthy or helpful, according to an article from the Harvard Business Review. Integer Group, a global marketing agency, found that “family, friends and …

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Store Using Challenge to Fund a Food Bank

Shoot a video of yourself biting a lemon, and a store in Colorado will donate $1 to a food bank. Starting two weeks ago, Windsor Ace Hardware, located in Windsor, Colorado, has been challenging community members and social media followers to take …

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Most Web Customers Spend in Initial 60 Minutes

Online retailers are tasked with getting Web shoppers to buy within 60 minutes, or lose nearly 75 percent of them. By the end of one hour on a website, most consumers decide what to buy and complete their purchases, according to a recent report from Monetate, …

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Will Tokens Replace Plastic Credit Cards?

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Many consumers don’t feel as safe shopping with a credit card as they did before big box retailers such as The Home Depot had customers’ payment card information stolen in data breaches. The growing concerns about credit card security is piquing interest …

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Overview of Home Improvement Market in Third Quarter 2014

North American Retail Hardware Association’s Executive Trends Survey shows that hardware retailers across the country gauge their growth in different categories on a quarterly basis, and overall, the retailers saw sales growth. The survey for November 2014 found that sales growth in …

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