Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Owner Dan Harris said the target date is Dec. 17 for opening the new Ace location on State Street.
Since late June, when Lemont Mayor Brian Reaves announced at a village board meeting that Ace Hardware would bring a new location to Lemont, residents have been asking, “When?” Ace Hardware owner Dan Harris appears as anxious as anyone to open his new store at 1096 State St., next to Chipain's Fresh Market. But after a few delays along the way, Harris is finally beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. This week, he said, electricians will be putting the finishing touches on the store’s lighting – and once the shelving is in place, workers will begin stocking them. “It looks like we will probably be open on Dec. 17,” Harris said. “We are moving along at a pretty good clip now. Our sign is up - and the store should start to get …
Monday, August 13, 2012
Co-op buying, centralized product distribution and customer service are three of the hallmarks that allow Harris to go head-to-head with the big-box dynamos in the hardware industry.
While most of the Mom & Pop shops long since have boarded up their doors, some local hardware stores have found ways to compete—and on occasion beat—the big-box giants by utilizing buying co-op power and putting a new thrust on an old business axiom: customer service. Ever hear of Ace Hardware? The chain consists of nearly 4,800 retail stores throughout the United States and around the world. Each store is owned and operated locally by an independent agent. Dan Harris is the store owner at Palos Ace Hardware. He stocks about 35,000 items on his shelves and caters his merchandise to a client base that largely lives within a 2-5 mile radius of his front door at 6465 W. 127th St. in Palos Heights. This October, he and his wife, Pattie, will …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Co-op buying, centralized product distribution and customer service are three of the hallmarks that allow at least one group of small merchants to go head-to-head with the big-box dynamos in the hardware industry.
While most of the Mom & Pop shops long since have boarded up their doors, some local hardware stores have found ways to compete—and on occasion beat—the big-box giants by utilizing buying co-op power and putting a new thrust on an old business axiom: customer service. Ever hear of Ace Hardware? The chain consists of nearly 4,800 retail stores throughout the United States and around the world. Each store is owned and operated locally by an independent agent. Dan Harris is the store owner at Palos Ace Hardware. He stocks about 35,000 items on his shelves and caters his merchandise to a client base that largely lives within a 2-5 mile radius of his front door at 6465 W. 127th St. in Palos Heights. He is a past president of the Palos Chamber …
Kerry
7:44 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I am very happy to see this store come to Lemont. more ›