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PRO Hardware retailers from across the country mingled with distributor personnel and manufacturers at the PRO Hardware Achiever’s Club trip Jan. 5-9 in Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico. The Achiever’s Club is the national recognition and awards program for …

RONA Inc., Canada’s leading retailer and distributor of hardware, home renovation and gardening products, announced the repositioning of its Réno-Dépôt brand that includes a new store concept. The stores’ new look is part of RONA’s overall recovery strategy. “The Réno-Dépôt …

Retailers networked with manufacturers and other retailers and received updated information on new products, trends and technology at the House Hasson Hardware Country Dealer Market, held Jan. 16-18 at the Opryland Resort in Nashville. Vice president of marketing David Helfenberger …

The holiday data breach at Target appeared to be part of a broad and highly sophisticated international hacking campaign against multiple retailers, according to a report prepared by federal and private investigators that was sent to financial-services companies and retailers. …

Last weekend, United Hardware retailers got a chance to see thousands of products and learn more about new opportunities during the United Hardware January Buying Market, held Jan. 10-12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Gear Up, Get Outdoors One area …

The National Retail Federation reported that December retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, increased 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month, and 4.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year. Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 3.8 percent …

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes fell one point to 56 in January from a revised December reading of 57 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). “Rising home prices, historically …

Rocky’s Ace Hardware, a family-owned business with 32 neighborhood-based stores, collected and delivered four tons of pet food along with beds, leashes, treats, toys and cleaning supplies to local animal shelters during its third annual Rocky’s Ace Hardware Pet Food …