Lisa Girard

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  • National Hardware Show preview (In this Issue)
    Tue, 04/09/2013 - 15:25

    As home building begins to rebound after a five-year slide, the National Hardware Show is celebrating with an expanded Building Products category that calls out exhibitors with special signage to make them easy to pick out on the show floor. Among those scheduled to represent this enhanced category are GRK Fasteners, Louisville Ladder, CoverGrip Corporation and Dumond Chemicals, and pro dealers planning to attend include Gahahl Lumber and BMC.

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  • Newell Rubbermaid launches a tool brand (In this Issue)
    Thu, 02/21/2013 - 18:41

    After three years of research and development, Newell Rubbermaid has launched a new brand of tools into the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration market.

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  • Stepping up standards at EPA (News)
    Sun, 07/12/2009 - 21:00

    Earning an Energy Star rating is going to be tougher going forward—both for products like...

  • Spreading the stimulus (News)
    Sun, 07/12/2009 - 21:00

    The economic stimulus package signed by President Obama in February expanded tax credits on more...

  • Profiting from winter weather (News)
    Sun, 07/12/2009 - 21:00

    While snow and ice-related products might be the last thing on most consumers’ minds during...

  • Combined channel sales slip to $237.4 billion (News)
    Sun, 06/14/2009 - 21:00

    The 2009 Home Channel News Top 500 Retail Scoreboard shows total sales of $237.4 billion,...

  • Retailers take to the great outdoors (News)
    Sun, 06/14/2009 - 21:00

    The outdoor living category is a $70 billion market in the United States and growing...

  • Saying “I do” to bridal registries (News)
    Sun, 05/03/2009 - 21:00

    Hardware stores are offering wedding registries as a way to increase revenues and provide an...

  • Retail 101: Five P’s of success (News)
    Sun, 05/03/2009 - 21:00

    Willis Qualheim, owner of Qualheim True Value in Shawano, Wis., was in a local Subway...

  • Afew questions with Ed Several (News)
    Sun, 04/12/2009 - 21:00

    When Ed Several took over as National Hardware Show director last June, he began meeting...