Retailers, distributors, manufacturers and other players in the home improvement industry will have business on their minds this May as they descend on Las Vegas for the NRHA All-Industry Conference and the National Hardware Show®. The Conference, which is free …
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A Cause for Our Industry: NRHA Partners with Fuller Center for Housing
In 2011, Indianapolis retailers joined hundreds of volunteers, including staff from the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA), in the heart of one of Indianapolis’s most crime-ridden and neglected neighborhoods for a Fuller Center for Housing work blitz that would …
Read More »INDEPENDENT THINKING: The Big Event Is Even Bigger
We call the May issue of Hardware Retailing the National Hardware Show® Issue. As I’m sure you can tell, it’s our largest issue of the year and is full of editorial content designed to help you become more profitable and …
Read More »RETAIL THERAPY: Can You Pay for Performance?
I’m going to describe a recent experience I had, and I want you to guess where it took place. I walked in to the store and was greeted by an employee who guided me in the right direction for the …
Read More »Annual Top Gun Honorees Announced
Hardware Retailing magazine, the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and the National Hardware Show® announced the winner’s of this year’s Top Guns award honorees. The field of candidates was deep but it is with great excitement they welcome Brent …
Read More »Taking Care of Business: Statistics Show…Retailers Rely on Research
Here are a few quick numbers most everyone is familiar with… Four out of five doctors recommend chewing Trident gum. You only use 10 percent of your brain. Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. My wife …
Read More »Eight Young Home Improvement Retailers Named Young Retailer of the Year for 2014
Eight home improvement retailers were recently named “Young Retailer of the Year” for 2014 by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA). The national recognition program, now in its 18th year, identifies and promotes the next generation of aspiring independent …
Read More »INDEPENDENT THINKING: Retail Training, Redefined
You’ve seen it—it can happen anywhere—at the airport service counter, in a restaurant or at the department store. You can just tell by the look in their eyes: you’re on your own; you might as well just keep moving along. …
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