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Why Retailers Should Prepare for ‘Right to Repair’
People have been complaining for at least a century about companies that limit who can repair their products—as well as…
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How to Reclaim Water in a Hardware Store
Chet’s Hardware co-owners Mike Cassidy and Cinde MacGugan-Cassidy moved into their new location in 2020, restoring the historic building that…
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Increase Foot Traffic With Recycling
Tresa Yada, assistant store manager of Fallbrook Ace Hardware in Fallbrook, Calif., says customers appreciate the ease of recycling batteries. …
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Charting Success: Orgill Buyers And The New Normal
In an exclusive interview, Hardware Connection talked with Orgill buying executives Jeff Curler, executive vice president of purchasing; Heath Kennedy,…
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How Tech, Social Media Revolutionize Events
This year, the NHS has implemented a new segmented floor plan to enhance navigation through the exhibit hall along with…
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Merger Trend Dips Slightly
Craig Webb — This map depicts 2023 acquisitions, new store openings and closures. Locations of construction supply facilities that were…
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Making Diamond Dreams Come True
By Carly Little — Now, the team is known as the Greene Street Diamond Elite, named after the hardware store’s…
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Through the Door, Respect Follows
Doug Donaldson By 2018, Bowman became the sole owner and CEO of the Farmington, Minn., lumber company, blazing a new…
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