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Harness the Power of Email Marketing
A new article from email marketing resource Campaign Monitor highlights the ways strategic email marketing campaigns can bring fresh results for all industries, including independent home improvement. Check out some of the key highlights from the report below and explore …
Read More »Higginbotham Brothers Names New Managers, Opens 39th Location
Texas-based home improvement chain Higginbotham Brothers recently celebrated its 39th location, which it acquired in June. To celebrate the reopening of the store under the Higginbotham Brothers banner, the team from the Mineola, Texas, location hosted a two-day event that …
Read More »Making the Most of Anchor Brands
There are often multiple factors that drive consumers to make a purchase. Sometimes price points, durability and convenience are the main motivation. Then again, sometimes pure brand recognition can secure a sale and let them show off to their friends. …
Read More »Growth Is the Result of Ambridge Do it Best Home Center’s Social Experiment
As far as independent home improvement operations go, Ambridge Do it Best Home Center in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, may be considered young, but that hasn’t stopped the operation from growing through a challenging economy in a small town. One of the …
Read More »3 Ways to Leverage Colors of the Year
Colors of the year selections are some of the biggest news paint manufacturers announce. At the beginning of the new calendar, manufacturers across the coatings spectrum select hues they think encapsulate the customers’ moods and style preferences. Whether it’s a …
Read More »Retailer Gives Gifts Out Using Social Media
At Turkstra Lumber, a business with 11 locations around Ontario, Canada, the familiar telethon got a makeover. Last October, Mitch MacLellan, social media and marketing director, and Jamie Crickmore, manager of the company’s trim and door division, sat down in …
Read More »Retailer Trio Tops the Radio Charts
Not every retailer gets an audience of a few million consumers at once. But that’s just a regular Saturday morning for Andy Amrhein, owner of Evey True Value Hardware in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. For more than 25 years, every Saturday …
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