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Retail Roundup: New Cancer Center, Ace’s MLB Deal, Leadership Shifts & A Hardware Video Game

Mead Family Donation Supports New Cancer Center in Columbus, Neb. The Mead family, founders of Mead Lumber, have made a…
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Can You Handle the Aisle? Hardware Store Simulator Game Tests Your Retail Skills

The world of retail simulation games has a new entrant with the launch of Hardware Store Simulator, a competitive multiplayer…
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Mead Family’s Philanthropy Supports New Cancer Center in Columbus, Nebraska

Columbus Community Hospital (CCH) has announced the naming of its forthcoming cancer care facility as the Mead Family Cancer Center,…
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Do it Best Group Names Shane Burnworth as Divisional Merchandise Manager for True Value

Do it Best Group has appointed Shane Burnworth as the new Divisional Merchandise Manager for True Value, effective immediately, according…
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Ace Retail Holdings Promotes Schadegg, Weber to Senior Leadership Roles

Ace Retail Holdings, the parent company of Westlake Ace Hardware and Great Lakes Ace Hardware, has announced two key leadership…
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Ace Hardware Plays Hardball with MLB National Partnership

Ace Hardware has entered into a multi-year partnership with Major League Baseball, becoming the league’s Official Hardware and Home Improvement…
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Southern Yellow Pine Futures Launch Offers New Tool for Retailers; Do it Best Executes First Trade

Southern Yellow Pine futures begin trading on the CME, offering price stability and risk management for U.S. lumberyards and retailers.…
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Bigger, Stronger, Faster: Do it Best and True Value Host First Joint Spring Market in Orlando

Retailers exit the Market Kickoff, where Do it Best and True Value leaders laid out their shared vision, and head…
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Independent Dealers Sound Off about Do it Best Spring Market Experience

James and Christa McNeill of Chipley Hardware in Chipley, Fla., called the event a much-needed shift. “We’re excited to partner…
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U.S. Tariffs Pose Challenges for Independent Hardware Retailers; Buying Groups Respond

Retailers at the Orgill Spring Market in New Orleans took advantage of special discounts on over 55,000 items to get…
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