{"id":148,"date":"2012-06-09T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/06\/company-snapshot-do-it-best-corp\/"},"modified":"2012-06-09T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T14:29:00","slug":"company-snapshot-do-it-best-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/06\/company-snapshot-do-it-best-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Do it Best Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties>  <o:Template>Normal.dotm<\/o:Template>  <o:Revision>0<\/o:Revision>  <o:TotalTime>0<\/o:TotalTime>  <o:Pages>1<\/o:Pages>  <o:Words>132<\/o:Words>  <o:Characters>756<\/o:Characters>  <o:Company>University of Phoenix<\/o:Company>  <o:Lines>6<\/o:Lines>  <o:Paragraphs>1<\/o:Paragraphs>  <o:CharactersWithSpaces>928<\/o:CharactersWithSpaces>  <o:Version>12.0<\/o:Version> <\/o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>  <o:AllowPNG\/> <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>  <w:TrackMoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves>  <w:TrackFormatting\/>  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>  <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>  <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>  <w:SaveIfXMLInval>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>  <w:Compatibility>   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables\/>   <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx\/>  <\/w:Compatibility> <\/w:WordDocument><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"276\"> <\/w:LatentStyles><\/xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n6502 Nelson Rd<br \/>\nFort Wayne, IN 46803-1947<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone<\/strong>:<br \/>\n260 748-5300<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet Homepage:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitbest.com\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.doitbest.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company Email<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/mailto:helpline@doitbest.com\">helpline@doitbest.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Annual Sales<\/strong>:<br \/>\n$2,411,791,000<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The name Do It Best was created in 1998 as a result of the merger between member-based buying cooperatives Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. 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