Ace Hardware, the hardware cooperative, has plans to open 750 new independently owned stores domestically over the next five years, company officials announce. Ace’s multi-faceted approach to growth ...

Example of the new Elevate Ace store design that will be implemented at all the chain's stores over the next five years. (Source: Ace Hardware) The new store design was unveiled at the retailer’s fall ...

Ahead of the National Retail Federation’s annual convention, Google unveiled genAI-based custom chatbots, intelligent inventory assistants, and customized edge devices. Google’s latest foray into the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - There still may be a future for the corner hardware store that sells everything from 6-cent washers to $300 lawn mowers. After watching their ranks shrivel since the mid-1980s, the ...

LENOX — Carr Hardware, a Berkshire-based retailer with deep roots in the community, is the first business to plant its flag on the expansion and renovation of a revitalized Center at Lenox retail ...

Léger’s WOW Digital 2026 study reveals which Canadian retailers lead online, why digital performance has stabilized, and what consumers now expect.