Merchandising

Winter doesn’t have to be downtime. Use your creativity to promote indoor home projects customers may not have thought of while carefully planning and purchasing for the upcoming spring rush. Bring your customers in this season and they’ll keep coming …

Merchandising, at its most basic level, includes anything you do at your store to display and promote merchandise to your shoppers. That’s a pretty broad definition. But there are quite a few strategies to achieve success, making merchandising a full-time …

Customers who need ideas as they plan construction of their new homes know they can count on Hilltop Lumber. The Alexandria, Minn., location contains four idea houses within its show room, each featuring different types of siding and various styles …

Perhaps winter instills the desire for organization because being stuck inside we’re forced to confront our clutter on a daily basis. Whatever the reason, winter is a time when organization is top of mind. Use these tips below to make …

The market size for wild bird feed and feeders is $4.4 billion in the United States, according to the Wild Bird Feeding Industry’s benchmark study released this month. And it stands to grow even bigger, especially at hardware stores which …

Whether it be for a leisurely day of fishing or the thrill of camping and hunting wild game, these days, more and more consumers are headed outdoors to enjoy the elements. Even with the economic recession causing many sectors to …

As the holiday selling season approaches and many consumers are out scouting stores in search of the perfect unique gift for everyone on their gift list, consider adding a novel product niche. Determining the right gift niche for your market …

Most consumers head online or to toy stores when they’re looking for gifts for babies or toddlers. But the residents of Dubuque, Iowa, go to Steve’s Ace. It might seem a little odd to go to a hardware store for …