Recent Features, News & Products from Hardware Connection
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Work Sharp Knife & Tool Sharpener
Darex Work Sharp, a Darex brand, teamed up with Ken Onion to design the most advanced at-home knife and tool sharpening system that anyone can use. For those not familiar …
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Magnetic LED Light
Lumax Product #2:Magnetic LED LightLumax The Lumax Magnetic LED light is one of the items where we say “why didn’t I think of that?” Anyone who has turned a wrench …
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Crescent 2-in-1 Extendable Layout Tool
Apex Tool Group Crescent, a division of Apex Tool Group, recently launched an innovative take on the square with the launch of the EX6 2-in-1 Extendable Layout Tool. The EX6 …
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Special Report Part II: Rising Up to Battle the COVID-19 Threat
By Chris Jensen Jason and Melanie Haley of Ace Hardware of Clarkston (Mich.) are going above and beyond to serve their community with essential supplies.» Most home improvement retailers have …
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In Their Own Words, Century Club Retailers Share How They Are Coping
By Chris Jensen Mitchell Cohen is the fourth-generation owner of Cohen & Co. Hardware in Philadelphia.» Mitchell CohenCohen & Co. Hardware—founded in 1913Philadelphia, Pa. “We’re there for our customers when …
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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 to a customer car.» As hardware retailers, we are all …
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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 the store open and sanitized.» I know I have a …
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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. All of the closely held businesses and the industries that …
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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 stores to remain open throughout the country, the reality of …
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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 decorative lights in their store front to express goodwill, hope …