True Value

The final four states on the alphabetical list showcase -- Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming -- showcase innovative, sophisticated and historic examples of hardware store all-stars. 

John Price said a fairly typical customer in his Price Hardware True Value store used to stop in for a PVC elbow or similar pipe fitting and be gone in about 10 minutes. Today, that customer is apt to grab a shopping cart, stroll through the aisles and purchase several items.


Schenectady, N.Y.-based Marty’s True Value has seen a boost in its business due to the increased snowfall in the Northeast this winter, according to the Times Union.

The retailer has seen sales in salt, shovels and scrapers grow exponentially, and has generated a lot of revenue from its snow blower repair services as well.

True Value stores cut energy use with LED retrofit

Susan Katz, the co-op’s director of corporate events, is the recipient of the Professional Convention...

Hackett’s, a chain of department stores with full service True Value Hardware departments, has...

More so than perhaps any other market in the home channel, every aspect of the...

For both vendors and retailers, the growing “green” movement can present as much of a...