The Hardware Connection
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Dealer Profiles
Miller’s Do it Best Hardware: Breathing New Life Into a Tired Store
By Chris Jensen Stace Heston is excited about the prospects for future growth after taking over an iconic store in…
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Product Reviews
MicroGold® All-Purpose Cleaner, MicroGold® Mutli-Action Disinfectant Antimicrobial Spray and Waterless Hand Soap from Granite Gold
If you can remember a time before COVID turned everyone’s lives upside down, Granite Gold, known for their stone care…
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Product Reviews
eSHOK-GUARD™ from Crescent APEX
Anyone who has worked with electricity knows it is dangerous and potentially deadly. Electricians, engineers and other professionals work with…
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Issue Archive
December 2020
In This Issue: • Breathing New Life Into a Tired Store • Turning Your Website Into a Selling Tool •…
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Features
Turning Your Website Into a Selling Tool
By Chris Jensen Majestic’s Hardware in Gardiner, N.Y., promotes e-commerce sales through Facebook posts.» The retail arena continues to change…
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How Retailers are Coping with COVID-19
Social distancing guidelines were sometimes tricky for essential businesses to navigate.» Retailers around the world, operating all kinds of stores,…
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Features
U.S. Issues New Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber
Family owned and operated since 1954, Golden State Lumber operates six lumberyards in northern California.» The U.S. Department of Commerce…
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Are You Selling or Buying a Business?
By Gary Pittsford® Consolidation is a growing trend in the industry, which means most hardware retailers are either looking to…
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Features
How’s Business? Business Conditions Across the Country
Second-generation Owner Gregg Wesche has been working at Overland Hardware since 1975.» MIDWEST Sales and customer counts in 2020? What…
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Features
Holiday Display Ideas
A’s Home Center, Manasquan, N.J.» The holiday selling season often determines whether a store has a good year or a…
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