Time Management Skills for Salespeople
Over the last number of years, I have worked with many lumber and building material dealers in the USA and Canada, and...
Costello’s ACE Hardware Interview with CEO Mike Costello
In our last issue we introduced you to Costello’s ACE Hardware, one of the top ACE Hardware retailers in the USA operating...
An overview of residential construction in the US
This is my first article for The Hardware Journal and I’m excited to be a small part...
What’s in-store for us in 2022?
Written by Steve Collinge - International Speaker, Thought Leader, 2022 Top Retail Influencer, MD Insight Retail Group & Executive Editor Insight DIY....
Is the ePocalypse coming?
It was around two years ago that the phrase Epocalypse first came into my consciousness. It was used within a report ‘Predictions...
Costello’s ACE Hardware – 50 years in business!
Costello’s Ace Hardware is one of the top Ace Hardware retailers in the USA and operates 46 locations in five states -...
Lisbon 2025 -The Queen of the Sea and the future of DIY
Report by Thierry Coeman on the Global DIY Summit: Did the industry live up to its ambition?
Lisbon, the...
Resilience as a lever to face the current economic situation
Monthly inflation data in Western Europe is not particularly encouraging, and all the more so for the DIY sector.
Make DIY smart again
“The retail landscape is littered with dash-boards bulging with data that is barely ever used”. So says, Dr Robert Rooderkerk, Associate Professor...
Engaging the team – engages the customer
In this series of articles, Gina Schaefer writes about her “Big 5” - the metrics herteam uses to track, report on and...
