From inspiring model stores and more than 1,200 vendor booths to promotional areas and product showcases, retailers were able to take it all in this week at Orgill’s 2024 Spring Dealer Market held at the Orange County Convention Center in …
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Grow Your Business at the 2024 National Hardware Show
Are you ready to revolutionize your business? Registration is now open for the 2024 National Hardware Show (NHS), taking place March 26-28 in Las Vegas. Representatives of the home improvement industry from all over the world—including independent retailers, online retailers, …
Read More »Butterfly Habitats Attracts Customers
More than just pretty to look at, monarch butterflies are crucial to many local ecosystems. In an effort to protect the monarch butterfly, which was added to the endangered species list in 2022, Hagan Ace Hardware has added butterfly habitats …
Read More »Paying It Forward: Creating Opportunity for the Next Generation
In 2015, Corinne Courtney left her corporate job in New York City to pursue her dream of building a hardware store from a woman’s perspective. When she was researching the independent home improvement industry, Courtney came across Scott Wright and …
Read More »The Independent Channel Connects Over Tech Solutions
The 2023 NHPA Independents Conference brought the industry together, with retailers, vendors, wholesale representatives and others from the independent channel meeting in Dallas to talk through challenges, share ideas and celebrate industry successes. “The conference was great. I enjoyed the …
Read More »Curtis Lumber Fosters the Trades as a Career Option With Students
With only 16% of high school students choosing to pursue a skilled trade as a career, the lack of qualified workers to fill open job positions—including plumbers, electricians, carpenters, roofers and welders—has put a strain on the industry. In an …
Read More »5 Retailers Talk Industry Solutions
In just a few weeks, the 2023 NHPA Independents Conference will be underway in Dallas. Your peers will be there, will you? Over the course of two days, the event will champion retailer success stories, provide opportunities to share solutions …
Read More »NHPA Educates on Retaining Top Talent at True Value Spring Reunion
Sharing insights and best practices on retaining top talent, the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) will be facilitating the education for the Retail Best Practices Conference at the True Value Spring Reunion in Chicago on March 16 from …
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