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Courage to Mess With Success
Preserving a family business sometimes means being willing to change it. For three generations, the Falcone family has guided Rocky’s…
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AI-First Platform Rundoo Announces $48 Million in Financing
Technology company Rundoo recently announced it has raised $30 million in Series B financing led by Battery Ventures, with participation from existing…
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Q2 Big-Box Earnings Point to Cautious Consumers, Growing Pro Competition
Second-quarter results from the home improvement industry’s big-box retailers offered independent dealers a mixed but revealing picture of the market:…
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Retailer2Retailer: A Cooler Community Starts With Small Change
By Sean Grant Every summer, someone walks up to my store’s register with a bag of potting soil or a…
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Q&A Thought Leadership: Strengthening the Fastener Department
Eric Rohrschneider has spent more than two decades in the fastener industry, holding leadership roles in product management, manufacturing and…
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Recipe for a Better Basket
Newspapers cover the picnic tables. Cardboard trays are stacked nearby. Pots of seasoned water steam as crawfish are poured in,…
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Do it Best Shares Integration Progress at Wilkes-Barre DC Open House
About 300 Do it Best and True Value retailers, vendor partners and company leaders gathered in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5-6…
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Retailer Notebook Nuggets From the 2026 IHI Conference
Representing all wholesalers and distributors and coming from all across North American, attendees of the 2026 Independent Home Improvement Conference (IHI Conference)…
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Ideas Worth Bringing Home
One of the greatest strengths of the independent hardware channel is its willingness to share. That spirit of collaboration returns…
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Shaped by the Current
The Flow of the BuildA Cooperative ConnectionToday’s Operation, Tomorrow’s Capacity10 Design Center Tips from Power Townsend on How to Compete…
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