Slide show: Handy Hardware's San Antonio MarketAttendance was up, and so were the prospects for business. Sears Hometown opens inside Heritage Ace HardwareIt's the latest in a string of store-within-a-store concepts that have combined the forces of Sears and Ace. HDW buys 'Handy Hardware' Hardware Distribution Warehouses Inc. expands with the addition of World and Main's Houston division. Westlake builds in its own backyard New store in Overland Park, Kansas, makes 96 overall for the Ace Hardware subsidiary. Ace’s unique spin on products An Innovation Department embraces all things new and different. LBM Advantage looks ahead to events It’s Indianapolis in October and Orlando in March for the forest products buying group. For Ace, a new creative ad agency Ace Hardware named Chicago-based O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul as its strategic and creative advertising agency. Readers Respond: The rumor mill The majority of our poll responders believe there may be some truth to those True Value rumors. Do it Best springs into action in Indy Street Fighter marketing, plus a new vision for paint, highlight a May Market. Slide show: Do it Best’s new Color Bar Take a visual tour of the co-op’s colorful new department: The Color Bar. First Previous 72 73 74 75 76 Next Last