← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Business of Excellence – Lands End Marine Supply Business: Lands End Marine Supply Proprietors: Jeremy and Denise Page Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts Years in business: 82 Contrary to the history lessons taught...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Paladin People – Alex “AJ” Johnson Helping stores get started on a smooth road with Paladin A little over a year ago, Alex Johnson packed his bags and moved from everything he had ever known in south...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Year-end Checklist for Retail Success Originally published: November 16, 2020 Updated: November 23, 2022 “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.” – Maya Angelou Those words are...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Industry News – December 2022 Here are some recent notices and stories from the retail industry news. HBS Dealer Ace Will Open More Stores in Q4 Big Growth at Ace Advance Estimates of NAICS 444 Sales Show Gains...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Change – Why it’s important to people and businesses by Ryan Dunn, Chief Operations Officer | October 27, 2022 The world is changing at a dizzying rate, and this affects us both personally and at work. Change...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Paladin People – Joshua Pearson Joshua is all about the data Paladin Data Corporation is all about data. How to collect it. How to store it. How to use it to make independent businesses run better. Heck, it’s in the...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Henkle’s Highlighted for Community Service John and Cris Henkle’s Ace Hardware stores in Webb City and Joplin, Missouri are staples of those two communities. They are quick to support community efforts and respond...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Tech Buzz – November 2022 New Features Make Creating, Merging POs Fast and Easy Independent hardware stores are often challenged to meet supplier minimum order amounts. Paladin can now merge all of a store’s POs to a...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Getting Ready for the Holiday Shopping Season The holidays are almost here. ‘Tis the season that can make or break the year for many retailers. While many experts are predicting mild shopping growth this year –...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Ransomware Resolution: How One Business Recovered October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month when government agencies and private industry works together to raise awareness about the importance of digital security. While news...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Tips and Tools to Improve Your Cybersecurity While cybercrime comes in many forms, ransomware has become the No. 1 type of cybercrime affecting small businesses. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3) cataloged over...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Paladin People – Jesse McCloskey Working hard to keep stores running better Jesse McCloskey hasn’t been at Paladin very long but he’s already having a lasting impact on the company and the stores he works with. Jesse...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Hometown Hardware Wins Beacon Award Hometown Hardware, in Senoia, Georgia, was one of four stores honored as Beacon Award winners at The Hardware Conference in Marco Island, Florida. Owned and operated by Phil and Deanna...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Better Cybersafe Than Sorry October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month when organizations like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) lead the effort to get...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → In Case You Missed It … Our quarterly recap reviews our news and highlights from the past three months in case you missed something. Business of Excellence – Phil’s Ace Hardware Phil’s Ace Hardware has been the go-to...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Business of Excellence – Phil’s Ace Hardware Business: Phil’s Ace Hardware Location: Prineville, Oregon Owner: Phil Dale Phil’s Ace Hardware stores in Prineville and Madras have been the go-to helpful...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Liz Haun-Pharas of Nyssa Mercantile Among Industry’s Top Women Liz Haun-Pharas, owner of Nyssa Mercantile, is among HBS Dealer’s 2022 Top Women of Hardware and Building Supply announced in August. The magazine will formally...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Huntsville loses a hardware icon – Donnie Lewter Donnie Lewter, co-owner of Lewter Hardware, passed away in late July. Donnie and his brother, Mac, are the most recent Lewters to operate the store that their family founded...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → Enhanced Management for POs, Quotes, Invoices and Payments Independent hardware stores often create several separate purchase orders when ordering products from their suppliers. Our latest release allows stores to merge...
← PREVIOUS ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE → PC Replacement Plans are Good Business “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It’s a popular American colloquialism on frugality attributed to T. Bertram Lance, the director of the Office of Management and Budget under President...
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