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Articles in Oct, 2006 issue of Hardware Retailing

• Women and children: tomorrow's customers
  by John P. Hammond
• A warmer, fuzzier business: communication key to creating a unique shopping environment
  by Dan M. Tratensek
• Monthly retail sales
• Retail sales versus same month previous year
• House-Hasson's Virtual Market offers convenience to dealers and vendors
• Orgill conducts fall dealer market in Chicago
• Horizon Distribution celebrates 125th anniversary
• The Home Depot announces layoffs
• Do it Best reaches $3 billion sales mark
• Cooper Tools Group
• Ace Hardware Corp
• JMF Co
• Hyde Tools
• Smitty's Building Supply has purchased the assets of Shelter Systems
• MJSI Inc
• Minwax Co
• Hickory Hardware
• C&S Hardware
• Pitkin's Home Center
• Columbus Lumber Co
• Leviton Mfg. Co
• Michael Tellor has been named chairman and CEO of the Rust-Oleum/Zinsser Group, while Thomas Reed has been promoted to president and COO
• Thermadyne Industries
• Halco
• Orchard Supply Hardware
• 3M
• Home Depot is acquiring Phoenix-based Edson Electric Supply
• Sea Gull Lighting Products
• Silver Line Windows
• Cable True Value holds two parties in one
• Making a grand entrance
• Community involvement and family dedication make a business grow in a small town
• Scavenger hunt helps customers learn layout of new store
• New research pinpoints hardware stores' competitive strengths: keeping customers happy
  by Ellen Hackney
• A different perspective: Vickie Davison proves hardware retailing isn't just a man's job
  by Luke Dunscombe
• Sister act: the hardware girls carry on a family tradition
  by Heather Kauffman-Peters
• The power of special orders: how to become known as the place with everything
  by Luke Dunscombe
• The ties that bind: special events: help build contractor loyalty: Ron and Dennis Dorn, second-generation owners of Portage Lumber Do it Best, have developed a system for keeping contractor loyalty high year round with a series of special events that appe
  by Heather Kauffman-Peters
• Assortment strategies: Brown's Pro makes money on products it doesn't sell
• 2 in 1 erasing/cleaning pad
• Tool Band-it
• Filtered showerheads
• Natural stone home and garden accents
• Epoxy roller cover
• Condensate monitoring system
• Ergonomic grips
• Insect-repellent garden apparel
• Blubandoo® cooling headwear
• Stainless-steel cleaner and polish
• Vortec Polishing Accessories
• Mold Control
• Multiscanner® 1520 Onestep™
• Premium wiring devices and lighting controls
• Drywall hawk
• No-Mess pen
• Quick Change Hole Saw
• Cut an' run Herman
  by Russell Johnson
• Events at a glance
• Senate seals fate of tax, pension bills: politics and procedures make passing legislation difficult