Recent Features
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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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Don’t Get Hooked
Business Insights From fake directory listings to impersonating government officials, scammers are employing a variety of tactics to make hardware…
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Power Play: Hardware stores can save $ with Solar and More — April Issue
Sustainability Special Section | Plus Acquisitions, Mergers & New Stores
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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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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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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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Do it Best Spring Market Features Former President Bush, Big Deals and New Tech for Retailers
Do it Best President and CEO Dan Starr, second from left, shares his thoughts on the floor of the 2024…
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