STIHL Hardware All Stars: Mo., Mont., Neb. & Nev.
The 2021 class of STIHL Hardware Store All Stars represent community-oriented, customer-focused, high-performance hardware-and-building-supply retailing at its finest. From each of the fifty 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 each week, working our way from Alabama to Wyoming. Here, the All Star showcase continues with representatives from Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and Nevada.
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Missouri
Wood Shed Lumber & Hardware
The class of 2021 cover story, Wood Shed Lumber & Hardware is led by a husband-and-wife team that is standing up for their community in All-Star fashion. Sharon Eiserer is a church deacon, Cecil Eiserer owns a construction company, and when they’re not managing their lumberyard, hardware store and new rental center, they’re engaged in plans to renovate abandoned homes in a style to make Carrollton, Mo. proud.
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Montana
Billings Hardware
You don’t thrive in this business for 120 years unless you understand people. At Billings Hardware & Garden Center, that understanding is founded on science: a detailed personality assessment is part of the training for staff. The end result is an optimized matching of behavioral styles to serve customers and build teamwork.
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Nebraska
Beaver Hardware
Originally built in 1890 as a single brick building, the original stained-glass windows are still intact more than 130 years later, having survived a 2014 tornado that tore off the roof and took a shed with it. Customers from across Nebraska gravitate to this destination store where they are often personally met by co-owner Christy Pankoke, Roscoe the dog, and treated to freshly popped popcorn.
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Nevada
Fernley Big R
Small store charm meets big-store selection in this beloved, rural retailer. Community involvement includes an active social media presence, and extends to support for numerous local charities and organizations, especially groups that serve the unique needs of veterans. Farm, ranch and home supplies are the focus here, and a generous offering of Western clothing is a bonus.
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