Earlier this month as True Value celebrated its 75th anniversary, the company’s executive team announced plans to invigorate the venerable brand and update its value proposition for the retailers it champions and the consumers those retailers serve. Hardware Retailing had …
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Meet Recent Golden Hammer Winners, Retailer Uncovers Historic Windows
Covered up for three decades, a historic set of windows at Meyer Ace Hardware in Petoskey, Michigan, are opening up a new view. Co-owner Matt Meyer says the windows were boarded over during the 1970s energy crisis because they were …
Read More »Westlake Ace Hardware Launches Helpful Hearts Program
Westlake Ace Hardware recently introduced a program to recognize its store associates and celebrate the work they do in communities across America. Helpful Hearts focuses on associates who are doing the unexpected, always finding ways to help others, choosing to …
Read More »S.W. Collins Co. Plans for Sixth Generation and Beyond
For nearly two centuries, S.W. Collins Co. has served northern Maine, providing community members with products and services they’ve needed over the years. Whether it’s selling supplies to build houses following World War II, growing potatoes for nearby communities or …
Read More »Beloved Store Cat Returned to Granby Ace Hardware
Every morning at Granby Ace Hardware in Granby, Colorado, Morris the cat takes on pest duty, ridding the hardware store and the neighboring buildings of mice and other vermin. Morris is more than just an employee serving the customers of …
Read More »Fired Up to Help: Retailer Supports Fire Department in a Big Way
Each year, the Sugar Creek Fire Department hosts a Fire Protection and Life Safety Open House. And every year since 2007, Rob Walker, owner of New Palestine Hardware in New Palestine, Indiana, serves as a major backer for the event. …
Read More »Hanging Up His Helpful Hat: Miner’s Ace Hardware Employee Retires After 66 Years
It was 1956 when brothers Lee and Glen Miner opened Miner’s Ace Hardware and Wally Lewis became their first employee. After 66 years of loyal service to the company, Lewis retired at 95 years old. Miner’s Ace Hardware now has …
Read More »Engaging With Young Entrepreneurs
Sitting in the front of the parking lot of Tecumseh Home Hardware Building Center Store in Tecumseh, Ontario, is a hot dog stand that offers an opportunity for young entrepreneurs to test out the waters of owning a small business. …
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