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This month, Hardware Retailing magazine took a look at technology in the plumbing category. To read the full plumbing story click here. To help you further explore the topic, we have included extra information in our Web-only Category Selling Guide that will be produced …

Retailers lost more than $3 per stolen dollar stolen in 2014, according to recent research. The cost of dealing with fraud, including stolen merchandise, bounced checks and unauthorized credit card transactions, came at a price of $3.08 per dollar stolen this …

The millennial generation is quick to make impulse buys. Nearly 83 percent of millennials admit to having made an impulse purchase in the past, according to a Chase survey cited in an article by Retailing Today. The survey also found that 46 percent …

In the three days before Christmas and following, Americans expect to have holiday shopping left to do. About 20 percent of consumers thought they would still be doing some Christmas shopping during the two days before Christmas, on Christmas Day and after the holiday, …

Retailers expect to lose nearly $4 billion this holiday season due to stolen merchandise being returned to stores, according to a recent survey. The National Retail Federation surveyed grocery, department, discount, specialty and small retailers to predict the loss of $3.8 billion to individual people …

Online retailers are tasked with getting Web shoppers to buy within 60 minutes, or lose nearly 75 percent of them. By the end of one hour on a website, most consumers decide what to buy and complete their purchases, according to a recent report from Monetate, …

Many consumers don’t feel as safe shopping with a credit card as they did before big box retailers such as The Home Depot had customers’ payment card information stolen in data breaches. The growing concerns about credit card security is piquing interest …

North American Retail Hardware Association’s Executive Trends Survey shows that hardware retailers across the country gauge their growth in different categories on a quarterly basis, and overall, the retailers saw sales growth. The survey for November 2014 found that sales growth in …