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Selling Your Business to an Outside Buyer

Business Transition

Next Chapters: Explore three business transition strategies for your operation at hardwareretailing.com/business-transition-strategies. Selling an independent family business can be an emotional process, and it can become even more emotional when selling to an outside buyer. Learning where to find an …

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Use Social Media to Add Your Voice to the Small Business Rising Movement

Small Business Rising Social Media Posts

Are you ready to add your voice to the Small Business Rising movement? Use your social media channels to amplify the message. Small Business Rising, a new coalition of independent businesses, launched in April urging policymakers to reign in monopolies …

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On the Web: February 2021

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There’s much more to discover from the February 2021 edition of Hardware Retailing. Browse the links below to uncover new opportunities, trends and innovations to lead your operation to success. Also Discover… Compare the 2021 Colors of the Year Products …

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Community Rallies Around Local Independent Business

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Hardware Retailing is sharing select stories of independent businesses outside the home improvement industry to see how owners are grappling with operational changes amid COVID-19. Read on to discover how one bookseller in Michigan is continuing to forge community connections. …

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STIHL Donates 110 Battery-Powered Mowers to The Fuller Center

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At the kickoff of the 2019 NRHA STIHL Foundations of Leadership Conference, STIHL announced a donation of 110 battery-powered lawn mowers to The Fuller Center for Housing. Roger Phelps, corporate communications manager of STIHL, delivered the donation on behalf of …

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Why You Need to Buy Into Buying Local

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As the buy-local movement sweeps the country, communities across the U.S. have seen a resurgence in record stores, independent bookstores and unique coffee shops. In the home improvement industry, this resurgence affects communities on an even more intimate level. Retailers …

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Hit the Road With Renee: Businesses Along Mississippi River Show Strength

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Last week, I was given the chance to join Independent We Stand on the Great American River Road Trip as a representative for the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA). We visited independent businesses along the Mississippi River to see how …

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Hit the Road With Renee: Louisiana Highlights Stories of Survival, Support

great american river road trip

After wrapping up Day 4 of the Great American River Road Trip, the Independent We Stand team and I made our way to Greenville, Mississippi, before making our final stops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New Orleans. When we arrived …

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