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Hardlines Distribution Alliance (HDA) is a hardware store retailers' cooperative formed on April 1, 2022, with the merge of ''Distribution America'' and PRO Group. History Distribution America Distribution America was a hardware store retailers' cooperative with 15000 affiliated retail locations. Its programs included the well known Sentry Hardware, Trustworthy Hardware, and Golden Rule Lumber Center brands. PRO Group PRO Group, Inc. was a retailers' cooperative and distributors' cooperative. It was based in Denver, Colorado, and was founded in 1953. The company's retail formats included: * PRO Hardware * Farm Mart * GardenMaster It formerly had a division: National Paint Distributors, but that was disbanded. Members * Blish-Mize * Emery-Waterhouse * Florida Hardware * Handy Hardware * HDW, Inc * House-Hasson Hardware * Jensen Distribution Services * Monroe Hardware * United Hardware Competitors * Val-Test Distributors * Reliable Distributors * Associated Building Mate ...
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Hardware Store
Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, housewares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden products directly to consumers for use at home or for business. Many hardware stores have specialty departments unique to its region or its owner's interests. These departments include hunting and fishing supplies, plants and nursery products, marine and boating supplies, pet food and supplies, farm and ranch supplies including animal feed, swimming pool chemicals, homebrewing supplies and canning supplies. The five largest hardware retailers in the world are The Home Depot, Lowe's (both in the United States), Kingfisher of the United Kingdom, Obi of Germany, and Leroy Merlin of France. United States Larger hardware stores may sell sma ...
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Retailers' Cooperative
A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its retailer members. Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing expenses. A retailers' cooperative is essentially a group of independently owned businesses that pool their resources to purchase in bulk, usually by establishing a central buying organization, and engage in joint promotion efforts. It is common for locally owned grocery stores, hardware stores, and pharmacies to participate in retailers' cooperatives. A consumers' cooperative, sometimes referred to as a retail cooperative, should be distinguished from a retailers' cooperative. Governance and operation Retailers' cooperatives are governed by democratic member control, which generally means one vote per member. Some firms, such as E. Leclerc, are able to make decisions in this fashion, with each member business only receiving one vote. For many retail ...
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PRO Group
Hardlines Distribution Alliance (HDA) is a hardware store retailers' cooperative formed on April 1, 2022, with the merge of ''Distribution America'' and PRO Group. History Distribution America Distribution America was a hardware store retailers' cooperative with 15000 affiliated retail locations. Its programs included the well known Sentry Hardware, Trustworthy Hardware, and Golden Rule Lumber Center brands. PRO Group PRO Group, Inc. was a retailers' cooperative and distributors' cooperative. It was based in Denver, Colorado, and was founded in 1953. The company's retail formats included: * PRO Hardware * Farm Mart * GardenMaster It formerly had a division: National Paint Distributors, but that was disbanded. Members * Blish-Mize * Emery-Waterhouse * Florida Hardware * Handy Hardware * HDW, Inc * House-Hasson Hardware * Jensen Distribution Services * Monroe Hardware * United Hardware Competitors * Val-Test Distributors The Val-Test Group is a Buying / Marketing Group for ...
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Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ...
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Handy Hardware
Handy Hardware is a hardware store distribution center serving 1,000 retailers in 9 states in the United States, from Colorado to Florida, and in Mexico and Central America as well. It was founded in 1961 in Houston, Texas. Handy Hardware is a member/owner of Distribution America Distribution America was a hardware store retailers' cooperative with 15000 affiliated retail locations. Its programs included the well known Sentry Hardware, Trustworthy Hardware, and Golden Rule Lumber Center brands. On April 1, 2022, Distributi ..., second largest wholesale marketing organization in the United States. In 2016, Handy Hardware was purchased by Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. In early 2019, Handy Hardware and Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. went out of business. References External links Handy Hardware Ireland Economy of the Southeastern United States Hardware stores of the United States American companies established in 1954 Retail companies established in 1954 ...
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Jensen Distribution Services
Jensen Distribution Services, based in Spokane, Washington, is a wholesale hardware distributor that services over 2,000 customers in 11 western states. Jensen Distribution Services is a member and owner of Distribution America, with members throughout the United States and $2 billion in buying clout. Jensen Distribution Services carries over 52,000 items. Departments include household hardware, hand and power tools, electrical, plumbing, paint and sundries, outdoor living, housewares, automotive, and lawn & garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ... products. History O.C. Jensen and Henry Brooke founded Jensen, Brooke & Company, a hardware business, in 1883. Brooke later sold his interest in the company to Charles King and the business was renamed Jensen King & Co. ...
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United Hardware Distributing Company
United Hardware Distributing Co. is a dealer-owned corporation based in Maple Grove, Minnesota which provides distribution services for about 610 member-owned stores, the majority of which operate under the Hardware Hank trade name. In addition, the company services about 800 other stores owned by non-members. 2006 sales were $183 million. It was founded in 1945 as a furniture and hardware distributor. The furniture division was sold in 1953, and it became a dealer-owned retailers' cooperative in 1957 when majority control was assumed by a group of hardware store owners. In addition to servicing the Hardware Hank stores, United Hardware also services TrustWorthy Hardware Stores, Golden Rule Lumber Centers, and Ranch & Pet Supply stores. It is a member of the Distribution America buying group. Ranch & Pet Supply Ranch & Pet Supply is a program offered by United Hardware Distributing Co. that provides products and services to retailers that market their business to hobby fa ...
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Val-Test Distributors
The Val-Test Group is a Buying / Marketing Group for a collective of wholesalers, distributors, dealers and retailers in hardware, paint sundries, electrical, plumbing, housewares, marine, automotive and the decorative art industries. Founded in 1962. Competitors * PRO Group * Distribution America External links Val-Test to extend planograms. Home Channel News, June 22, 1998Marketing groups seek new business Home Channel News, June 21 1999National Retail Hardware Association: Hardlines Distribution American companies established in 1962 Retail companies established in 1962 Retailers' cooperatives in the United States Hardware stores of the United States Schaumburg, Illinois Companies based in Cook County, Illinois 1962 establishments in Illinois {{DEFAULTSORT:Val-Test® Distributors, Inc. ...
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Associated Building Materials Distributors
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Cooperatives In The United States
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".Statement on the Cooperative Identity.
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Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member having one vote in electing the board of directors. Cooperatives may include: * es owned and managed by the people who consume th ...
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