Category: Home Center & Hardware

September 14, 2012

Company Snapshot: True Value Company

True Value Company is a retailer-owned hardware cooperative serving nearly 5,000 independent retail locations worldwide.

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 28, 2012

Company Snapshot: Michaels Stores Inc.

Michaels Stores is undoubtedly the preeminent arts and crafts retail chain in the country. Founded as a single unit, the...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 19, 2012

Customers First Initiative: Home Depot’s Successful Return to Customer Service Roots

A few months ago I wrote a piece about Home Depot’s rapid and decisive return to its roots entitled, How...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 16, 2012

Industry Updates: Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains

Personnel Update: 84 Lumber VP National Sales, Joe Gardiner, lost his life in a boating accident. Ace Hardware has named William...

By Arthur Rosenberg

August 14, 2012

Company Snapshot: Orchard Supply Hardware Stores

Founded in 1931 during the Great Depression, much as the result of a pair of severe droughts, Orchard Supply Hardware...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 20, 2012

Ace Express Stores Take a Real Estate Hint From Successful Dollar Stores

There is no question that much of the current success enjoyed by dollar stores comes from their pricing strategies.  Combining...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 18, 2012

Hardware and Home Center Industry Updates

Personnel Update: ABC Supply Co. has named Todd Buehl as VP and Chief Administrative Officer, a newly created position. Buehl...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 9, 2012

Company Snapshot: The Sherwin-Williams Co.

In 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, the seeds for The Sherwin-Williams Co. were sown in...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 19, 2012

Will Lowe’s See a Light at the End of the Titles?

It’s been almost a year now since Lowe’s has publicly suffered the consequences of its place in the downturned economy. ...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 11, 2012

Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains Industry Updates

Personnel Update: Do it Best Corp. has created a new position to be termed National Retail Performance Manager and promoted...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 9, 2012

Company Snapshot: Do it Best Corp.

The name Do It Best was created in 1998 as a result of the merger between member-based buying cooperatives Hardware...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 15, 2012

Home Center Operators and Hardware Chains Industry Updates

Personnel Update: Beacon Roofing Supply has promoted Kent Gardner to Exec VP West Division. Lowe’s Cos. promoted Rick Damron to...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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