How Ace Hardware Has Become the Category Killer to Big Box Hardware Rivals

The Newscasters

Andrew Burnstine – Retail Matters

The 100-year-old, Oak Brook, Illinois-based hardware chain, which has permeated America’s smaller neighborhoods with more than 5,000 locations, appears to be pulling in shoppers even as its big-box hardware rivals Home Depot and Lowe’s are struggling to do the same.