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Are you designed for success? It's up to you.(Independent Thinking)
Jun 01, 2009; ... "Every business is designed to get exactly the results it gets." I think this is how the quote goes; I heard it during a seminar at the National Hardware Show[R] last week. It struck me at the time as simple, direct and brutally true. During the show, I also had the pleasure of ...
Half way through: time to take stock of your accomplishments.(Taking Care of Business)(National Retail Hardware Association)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Well, here we are at the halfway point of what has proven to be an exciting, challenging and productive year. I guess now is as good a time as any to take stock of your business and determine how you are progressing on your plans for 2009. I know that's what I have done, and ...
Monthly retail sales.(Trends: Monitoring Industry Performance)
Jun 01, 2009 ... <Pre> Monthly Retail Sales Seasonally adjusted in billions. Figures above line represent monthly percentage change. March '08 $26.7-1.1% April $27.4+2.6% May$28.0+2.2% June $27.8-0.7% July $27.9+0.3% August ...
Retail sales versus same month previous year.(Trends: Monitoring Industry Performance)
Jun 01, 2009 ... <Pre> Retail Sales Versus Same Month Previous Year Percentage change. March '08 -7.3% April -1.4% May -3.8% June-1.0% July-1.8% August ...
NRHA Village and All-Industry Summit debuts at National Hardware Show[R] in Las Vegas.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)(National Retail Hardware Association)(Conference notes)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walking into the Las Vegas Convention Center for this year's National Hardware Show[R], attendees noticed one big change right away. Situated on the main concourse, near the entrance to the show was the NRHA Village and ...
National Hardware Show[R] continues to be Industry's Annual Gathering Place.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Optimism and positive thinking ran rampant at this year's National Hardware Show[R]. Held in Las Vegas May 5-7, this year's show gave retailers, manufacturers and distributors a chance to see the latest and greatest products along with a chance to hear ...
NRHA awards program to honor eight young retailers of the year.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Eight young hardware retailers are being honored for outstanding achievement as owners and managers of independently-owned hardware and building supply stores in the United States and Canada. They are honorees in the 2009 Young Retailer of the Year program, now in its 13th year. ...
Ace Hardware uses Internet sales to ride out the recession.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)
Jun 01, 2009 ... OAK BROOK, Ill.--Ace Hardware recognized the value of Web retailing throughout 2008, with Internet sales being the only revenue segment that increased for the year. The Co-op reported a 37.2 percent increase in Web sales in 2008 with totals reaching $11.8 million for the year, an increase ...
Marvin's to open new store in Georgia.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LEEDS, Ala. -- Marvin's Building Materials and Home Centers has announced plans to open a store in Summerville, Georgia. The company plans to renovate a vacant former Wal-Mart site, and the store is expected to open in late July. "I would like to thank the ...
NRHA launches Webinar series to help retailers.(News Makers: News You Need to Know)
Jun 01, 2009 ... This month NRHA and Hardware Retailing magazine will be launching a Webinar series aimed at helping retailers stay successful. These Webinars are focused around current industry issues and news and spotlight industry experts and informative research. The staff at NRHA and ...
Home Hardware recognizes top stores at Dealer Market.(Spotlight on Canada)
Jun 01, 2009 ... ST. JACOBS, ONTARIO -- At its semi-annual Dealer Market. Home Hardware presented its top stores with the "Proud of My Home" and "Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year" awards. The winners were selected from more than 1,000 stores that achieved the highest standards in retailing, merchandise ...
I take my hardware with two sugars, please.(SPECIAL EVENTS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Free hot dogs and popcorn, demonstrations and giveaways are all the makings of a great special event, but what about tea and crumpets? No, you didn't pick up the wrong magazine. When the staff at Ace Floral and Gift in ...
Hardware store hits the big screen, take one.(CONTEMPORARY ADVERTISING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... When Cornell's True Value in Eastchester, N.Y., decided to celebrate its 100th anniversary, it decided to enter the next century by highlighting the store, Hollywood style. In addition to several other anniversary projects, John Fix III., inspired by similar independents' video projects ....
Ace Hardware store owners perform a miracle.(FUNDRAISING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... From New York to Louisiana, from Michigan to Montana, from Colorado to California and most of the places in between, hardware store owners flocked to Aspen, Colo., for the Fourth Annual Miracle on the Mountain (MOM) held Jan. 8-12. One hundred members of the Ace Hardware family, ...
Developing customer loyalty.(CheckOuts: Putting Ideas to Work)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bud Schemper, manager of Schemper's ACE Hardware in Ripon, Calif., and almond farmer Ted Viss got their laughs out of the store's recent "Ladies" Free Flower Day." The staff jokingly told Viss that he could not have a tray of flowers unless he went ...
What does today's store look like? A category-by-category glimpse at the current retail environment.(RETAILING STRATEGIES)(Cover story)
Jun 01, 2009 ... As you begin reading this story, take a moment and think about how your store has changed over the last few years. What departments are bigger? Which ones are smaller? Which ones drive the most profit? Which ones struggle for a place in the market? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SET out ...
Standing out in a crowd: a look at 25 Retail Superstars.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Book Title: Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best Independent Stores in America Author: George Whalin Publisher: Penguin Group, Inc. Publication: May 2009 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every retailer wants ...
National clout ... regional focus: Distribution America helps members capitalize on competitive advantages.(DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: DISTRIBUTION AMERICA)(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ever since Distribution America (DA) formed in the early 1990s after the merger of Liberty and Sentry Distributors, the wholesale merchandising/marketing group has been on the front lines of industry consolidation. But through it all, DA has continued to ...
United Hardware offers retailers a powerful selling proposition.(DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: DISTRIBUTION AMERICA)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While the store-within-a-store concept is nothing new to the industry, United Hardware Distributing Co. has taken it to the next level with its rollout of what it is calling Power Programs, designed to help retailers capitalize on categories that will make ...
Blish-Mize continues its focus on ease of doing business.(DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: DISTRIBUTION AMERICA)
Jun 01, 2009 ... When Blish-Mize started doing business in 1871 as the Blish, Mize & Silliman Company, the business model revolved around covered wagons full of goods calling on hardware retailers to sell them products. It was the easiest way to do business at that time. Now, 138 years later, the Atchison, ...