Dealer Profiles
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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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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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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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Cultivating Success in the Desert
She Builds – By Doug Donaldson Meghan Thomas grew up in the hardware business, teaching employees how to operate the…
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Trial By Fire: One Store’s Resilient Return
Soon after the fire, Isaac Smith let staff and community know that the company was committed to staying open and…
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Grilling Tradition Sizzles Into Community Staple
Grillers in the Smokin’ on the Creek BBQ competition can make entries in categories including beef, brisket, pork, ribs and…
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Power Play: Hardware Store’s Solar Win
Jared Littmann and Marlene Niefeld, co-owners of K&B True Value, which celebrates 50 years in business this year. Niefeld is…
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Being Present For More Than 100 Years
Woodson Lumber is a fourth-generation Century Club member, and the company’s stockholders include, from left: Stu Chapman, Kate Borroni, Ann…
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One-Woman Hardware Store, No Bricks Required
For her online hardware store, Kelly Wright selects an assortment that is a mix of utilitarian, classic and sometimes eclectic…
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