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Articles in November, 1998 issue of Do-It-Yourself Retailing

• Ace gears up for future with new convenience store concept.
• Customers take a step back in time in store within store.(Wilbur Shaw's Hardware)(Brief Article)
• Retail do-it-yourself market profile.
• Helping customers get organized.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• Dorian Drake Intl.(conference)(Brief Article)
• Black and Decker Corp.(sale of its Emhart Glass to Bucher Holding AG)(Brief Article)
• American Pet Prods. Mfg. Association.(appointed Michael Farmer to board of directors)(Brief Article)
• Home Depot hopes to open small-format store within six months.(Brief Article)
• Fall tourism season offers marketing opportunity.(H. Greenberg and Sons sell Vermont's maple syrup during the fall season)(Brief Article)
• Retailing: the year in review.(do-it-yourself products industry in 1998)
• Choosing the right broom, brush & mop.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• Home Hardware.(71st annual market)(Brief Article)
• Scotty's connects with Nextel for phones, services.(Brief Article)
• Swanson Tools.(opening a new facility in Frankfort, IL)(Brief Article)
• TruServ announces closing of Pennsylvania distribution center.(Brief Article)
• Coasting no more.(Madras and Prineville Hardware and Home Center)(Company Profile)
• Housing affordability drops slightly from 1996 to 1997.(Brief Article)
• Allway Tools battling foreign companies over imitations.(Brief Article)
• Do It Best sets sights on $2 billion.(Brief Article)
• Eagle Electric Mfg. Co.(president and CEO Warren Cohen given the Gary M. Sherman Humanitarian award)(Brief Article)
• Kim DeRuby.(appointed marketing manager of Pass and Seymour/Legrand)(Brief Article)
• Lowe's divides country, adds management.(Brief Article)
• Racing to fill Monday Night Football void.(Fenwick Hardware's sponsors drag racing league)(Brief Article)
• Review of publicly traded companies: industry leaders look to broaden horizons.(hardware store chains)
  by Tratensek, Dan M.
• Selling tips for vacuum cleaners.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• The National Kitchen and Bath Association.(restructuring its national offices)(Brief Article)
• Wolohan buys back stock.(Wolohan Lumber Co.)(Brief Article)
• Steelworks.(acquired certain assets of The Hirsh Co.)(Brief Article)
• General Cable Corp.(strategic partnership with Alflex Corp.)(Brief Article)
• Eagle Hardware and Garden.(increased sales)(Brief Article)
• Eagle to land in Phoenix area.(Eagle Hardware and Garden Inc. to open five to six stores)(Brief Article)
• Seven competitive strategies for independent retailers.(Brief Article)
• Housing trends: demand for new and existing homes expected to slow somewhat.
  by Donaldson, Doug
• Key industry Web sites.(do-it-yourself products industry)(Brief Article)
• A look at 2005; industry leaders peer into the future.(do-it-yourself products industry)(Column)
  by Hammond, John P.
• Pollocks Home Hardware thanks community for 75 years.(anniversary)(Brief Article)
• Market outlook: industry firms of all sizes try to adapt to rapidly changing marketplace.(do-it-yourself products industry)
  by Jensen, Christopher A.
• Selecting shelves.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• Furniture product maker to pay fine for FIFRA violation.(Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act)(Brief Article)
• Newell and Rubbermaid to merge.(Brief Article)
• Cooper Inds.(acquired Thorn Lighting Group)(Brief Article)
• Joanie Siedelmann.(promotion to manager-marketing services of Eljer Plumbingware)(Brief Article)
• Ace teams up with member to buy additional stores.(Ace Hardware Corp. in joint venture with Rocky's Ace Hardware)(Brief Article)
• Buzick Golden Rule gets a taste of Hollywood.(Buzick Golden Rule Lumber advertises through television)(Brief Article)
• Retail store performance: stable results suggest industry turmoil may be waning.
• What to look fore in floor cleaners.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• Canadian Retail Hardware Association.(announced its board of directors)(Brief Article)
• Barnett Inc.(partnership with Hechinger Co.)(Brief Article)
• American Hardware Manufacturers Association.(elects Kirk Graves as chairman for 1999)(Brief Article)
• Lumber deflation impacts Wickes' sales.(Brief Article)
• Bio-Lab Inc.(to pay penalty for selling unregistered sanitizers)(Brief Article)
• American Express study sheds light on consumer loyalty.(retail industry)(Brief Article)
• Mass appeal.(Hader Trustworthy Hardware)
• Storage & cleaning products.(How to Sell: Storage & Cleaning Products)(Brief Article)
• Bayer and Pursell team up to market lawn and garden products.(Bayer Corp. and Pursell Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Environmentalists protest at Home Depot stores.(Brief Article)
• Johns Manville.(celebrates 25th anniversary of the Johns Manville Technical Center)(Brief Article)
• Amit Israeli.(appointed CEO for Polygal U.S.A.)(Brief Article)
• Payless earns third quarter profit.(Payless Cashways Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Expo '98: the retail profitability market.(includes related articles)(do-it-yourself products industry)
• Merchandise productivity: retailers rediscover sales opportunities in non-core categories.
  by Johnson, Walter E.
• UL revises halogen torchiere requirements.(Underwriters' Laboratories)(Brief Article)
• The final days: Congress extends session to finish work on necessary bills.
• Marriott experiments with handyman service.(Marriott International Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Moen Inc.(given a preliminary injunction prohibiting Foremost Trading Co. from making and selling FC 1032 series lavatory faucets infringing on Moen's US patent)(Brief Article)
• AHMA looks to help industry create EDI standards.(American Hardware Manufacturers Assn; electronic data interchange)(Brief Article)
• Competing in today's marketplace.(retail stores)(Brief Article)
  by Scott, Nancy Rathbun
• Wholesaling: the year in review.(1998)(Calendar of Events)
• MSA enters consumer safety products market.(MSA Safety Works)(Brief Article)