{"id":237,"date":"2012-02-13T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/02\/company-snapshot-ace-hardware-corp\/"},"modified":"2012-02-13T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T14:24:00","slug":"company-snapshot-ace-hardware-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/02\/company-snapshot-ace-hardware-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Ace Hardware Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n2200 Kensington Ct.<br \/>\nOak Brook, IL 60523-2100<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong><br \/>\n630 990-6600<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet Homepage:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acehardware.com\">http:\/\/www.acehardware.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Annual Sales:<\/strong><br \/>\n$3,530,731,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Executives:<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Ziegler- Chairman of the Board<br \/>\nRay Griffith- President, CEO<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ace Hardware Corporation is the largest hardware cooperative based in the United States with well over four thousand retailer members. \u00a0Similar in functionality to a Buying\/Marketing Group, Ace functions as a co-op serving only enlisted member retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Retailer participants join as members and among many advantages receive rebates based on volume purchased through Ace. \u00a0As this is a co-op, retailer members are not in any way franchises. \u00a0Thus each Ace Hardware store looks different. \u00a0Storefront trade names are based on individual owner wishes. \u00a0While some member stores brandish the Ace name as part of their trade name, most do not.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its formidable array of member services, Ace offers its retailers top notch private label products as well as well defined merchandising and marketing programs which give Ace stores a distinctive unifying tone.<\/p>\n<p>As with Buying\/Marketing groups, the key advantage to being an Ace member is becoming part of the pool ordering system through which independents can share in bulk product discounts that help them compete with big boxes and chains. \u00a0Ace co-op advertising allows a local independent to receive valuable mention on nationwide television commercials.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, Ace supports member retailers in nearly sixty countries. \u00a0These retailers visit the United States to receive training from Ace and to interact with US members. \u00a0In many of these foreign markets Ace stores are viewed by consumers as first class and Ace private label products are sought out as premium quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: 2200 Kensington Ct. Oak Brook, IL 60523-2100 Telephone: 630 990-6600 Internet Homepage: http:\/\/www.acehardware.com Total Annual Sales: $3,530,731,000 Senior Executives: David Ziegler- Chairman of the Board Ray Griffith- President, CEO &nbsp; Ace Hardware Corporation is the largest hardware cooperative based in the United States with well over four thousand retailer members. \u00a0Similar in functionality to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/02\/company-snapshot-ace-hardware-corp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Company Snapshot: Ace Hardware Corp.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-hardware","tag-snapshot","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}