Meet the 2022 STIHL Hardware All Stars: N.M., N.Y., N.C.
Here are the next three in the latest class of STIHL 2022 Hardware Store All Stars that represent community-oriented, customer-focused, high-performance hardware-and-building-supply retailing at its finest. From each of the 50 United States, HBSDealer recognized an All-Star performer.
You can read about all 50 honorees here in the digital issue of HBSDealer. Additionally, HBSDealer.com will highlight a handful of honorees one batch at a time. Three 2022 high performers from New Mexico, New York and North Carolina are featured below.
New Mexico
Owner James Burns has all the inventory you would expect from a well-merchandised home center; and they increased their housewares and gifts after a department store closed. Also, Burns is always looking to help his community. After his son joined the Air Force, he volunteered with a local support group for Cannon AFB. Burns said, “to help mentor first assignment airmen I started the group Your New Mexico Home to match them with local families who will take them in and make them a part of their family.”
New York
Opened in 1976, this True Value dealer claims it’s the world’s first net-zero energy retailer. The hardware, with four stores in New York state, has dedicated itself to erasing its carbon footprint completely, it wrote on its website. Besides LED lighting inside and out, the company’s Miller Place location, the firm said, “has a rooftop solar array — a bank of 304 photovoltaic cells — that generates power for the building during the day.”
North Carolina
Let’s cut to the chase: If you want to see one of the best Case pocketknife displays anywhere, 67 Hardware has it. This vintage hardware landmark in rural Jonesville, N.C., has everything from guitar strings to 60” corrugated pipe. It has a general store vibe, but also packs a strong home-improvement punch. Named for the highway that runs through Yadkin County, 67 checks all the boxes of all-star service and selection. And it’s even a forward-thinking early adopter of digital retailing.
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Special thanks to STIHL for its support of the ALL-STAR project. (Note: Not all honorees are STIHL dealers.)