Recent Features
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Hardlines Digest Recap: How Hardware Retailers are adjusting in time of Crisis
John Fix III Amber Engle of Lumber House True Value in Abilene, Kan., prepares to take a curbside order out…
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How to Retail During COVID-19
By Bob Phibbs Mazo Hardware & Rental in Mazomanie, Wis., used a Facebook post to reassure customers they are keeping…
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How Can Your Business Get Coronavirus Relief from the CARES Act?
By Gary Pittsford, CFP® In the last two months our personal lives and our business lives have been completely altered.…
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Do it Best Retailers Finding New Ways to Serve Their Communities
Gillman Home Centers now holds quarterly managers’ meetings via Zoom.» While being designated as “essential businesses” has allowed independent hardware…
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True Value Hardware Stores Shining A Light of Hope
Independently owned and operated True Value hardware stores across the country are joining True Value Company’s Shine-A-Light campaign by hanging…
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Fed Unveils New Loan Program as Jobless Claims Set New Record
The steady surge of job losses continued this past week as 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits, according to…
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U.S. Jobless Claims Soar to 6.6 Million
The wave of Americans filing for unemployment insurance continued last week, as a record 6.6 million new claims were filed,…
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How the Hardware Industry is Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic—Part I
By Chris Jensen Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. There currently is no vaccine to…
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Hardware Retailers Will Get Through This Challenging Period
By Chris Jensen I learned a lot about hardware and LBM retailers after researching and writing our two-part Century Club…
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How Can Your Business Get Coronavirus Relief from the CARES Act?
Gary Pittsford, CFP® By Gary Pittsford, CFP® President and CEO, Castle Wealth Advisors, LLC In the last two months our…
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