2024 Beacon Award winners and sponsors.
The Beacon Awards are an important recognition program that honors the best of the best dealers who represent the future of the hardware industry.
The Beacon Awards ceremony is hosted annually at Independent Home Improvement (IHI) Conference in beautiful Marco Island, Fla., at the Marco Island JW Marriott. The 2024 winners were recognized on the first night of this year’s Conference, held August 27-29.
In addition to Best New Store, Retail Beacon Awards for awarded for each of the participating wholesalers. The Beacon Awards are sponsored by Epicor, Ettore Products Company, Fluidmaster, IHI Conference and Hardware Connection magazine. Wholesale sponsors are Do it Best and Orgill.
2024 Beacon Award Winners
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Dealer Profiles
Building Business on Relationships, Innovation
Koopman Lumber Beacon Award for Best New Store Koopman Lumber’s Dennis, Mass., location transformed an antique dealership into a modern…
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Legacy Expands with Community-centric, New Location
Kevin and Ann Evers had a quick introduction to the retail hardware business. Putting in an offer on their local…
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2024 Retail Beacon Award Winners
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Dealer Profiles
Winning Formula: Teamwork, Tradition, and Community
Buchheit has grown to include 850 employees 20 retail stores, a logistics company, agricultural division, cabinet manufacturing unit, and metal…
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Dealer Profiles
Building with Heart, Strategic Leadership
Nation’s Best Retail Beacon Award “I’ve learned that numbers alone don’t tell the whole story,” Miller says, and he believes…
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