With hardware and home improvement retailers looking for every opportunity to expand product selection and gain market share in their communities, the housewares, home supply and gift departments featured at the International Home + Housewares Show (IHHS) in Chicago provided …
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Making the Most of Markets
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. By Chad Husted, chusted@nrha.org As a retailer, you don’t stand at the entrance of a crowded convention center show floor and look to hit every booth at a market or trade show. …
Read More »How Specialty Markets Can Grow Your Business
Click the picture to download a PDF of this story. Walking the aisles of a trade show or buying market can be both an exhilarating and daunting prospect. What products represent the next big trend for your store and customer base? …
Read More »Product Rundown: Kitchen and Housewares
Hardware Retailing editor Renee Changnon shows off several household items and kitchen gadgets that can help retailers expand a thriving housewares category in their stores. To view the video on YouTube, click here.
Read More »Product Rundown: Camping and the Great Outdoors
Hardware Retailing editor Chad Husted takes a look at some of the latest high-tech products for customers heading into the wilderness. See if there are any products that could improve your camping and outdoor living departments. To view the video …
Read More »Illinois Lumber Company’s a-Maze-ing Journey
When Peter Loveland heads to work, he knows he’s walking in the footsteps of family members who came before him. Loveland is the fifth generation to manage his family’s home improvement business, Maze Lumber. Founded in Peru, Illinois, in 1848 …
Read More »Fourth-Quarter 2017 Shows Uptick for Economy
The year 2017 ended on a positive note for the U.S. economy, with fourth-quarter results showing growth in consumer confidence and in the housing and manufacturing sectors. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which is the only leading economic indicator included …
Read More »Hardware Manufacturer Representative Saleslink Acquires Group MW
Saleslink, an organization that represents hardware manufacturers, has announced it is acquiring a similar organization, Group MW, effective April 1. Both organizations provide sales and marketing expertise for suppliers of consumer products to wholesalers and retailers, including brick-and-mortar and e-commerce …
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