True Value

A 5.8% increase in revenues last year enabled Campbell’s True Value to remodel and enlarge...

Members of the Chicago-based co-op are offered special perks from the American Rental Association....

During his address at True Value’s Fall Reunion in October, Burger describes an “intense and consuming process of figuratively tearing down the entire structure of a business and putting it back together.”

Ace Hardware is partnering with Salt River Project (SRP), an Arizona energy provider, to offer...

Extreme Heavy Duty Construction Adhesive from Liquid Nails has opened up new lines of distribution to participating True Value and Ace Hardware stores. 

The product has already been available at Lowe’s and Home Depot. 

Westlake Ace Hardware and Price Hardware True Value were recognized for excellence during the 2011 Golden Hammer Awards ceremony held at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas.

George Smith, CEO of Lenexa, Kan.-based Westlake Ace Hardware accepted the Retailer of the Year award. John Price accepted the Tools of the Trade award for Price Hardware True Value of Atlanta, Texas.

Orlando, Fla. -- At True Value Co., a national gift card program and a re-launched True Value Rewards Program are among the marketing moves designed to drive revenue and profit for members, according to Carol Wentworth, VP marketing for the Chicago-based co-op.

The gift cards represent a move -- along with the co-op's launch of e-commerce in November -- to better compete in today's world of retailing, she said, and deliver what the customer expects.

Coast Hardware, a True Value dealer in Willits, Calif., keeps some unusual merchandise in the front of the store: a large cage full of cats, ready for adoption. According to an article in the Willits News, owner Don Buchanan and staff have been helping place animal rescue shelter cats in homes for several years. 

The Northern California hardware store partners with the local chapter of the Humane Society and a group called Anderson Valley Animal Rescue.