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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

13 TRUE VALUE RETAILERS NAMED ‘BEST HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN’

True Value Co. has announced the winners of its “Best Hardware Store in Town” program, recognizing 13 retailers across the country.

Members were invited to nominate their stores and fill out an online entry form. Entries were then evaluated by retail consultants, regional managers and True Value executives, with judging based on each store’s success with the five P’s of retailing: people, product, promotion, price and place. The 13 winners—one from each retail region—were recognized at True Value’s spring market in Orlando, Fla. They include:

• Jerry Bryant, True Value Home Center, Oakhurst, Calif.
• Erik Burkman, Brandon True Value, Brandon, S.D.
• Paul Cain, Cain True Value Hardware, Carthage, Texas
• Donald Keller, K&K True Value Hardware, Bettendorf, Iowa
• Jeff Lobb, Cameron’s True Value Hardware, Oxford, Pa.
• Max Merrick, Horns True Value Hardware, Portales, N.M.
• Thomas Morrow, Arthur’s True Value Hardware, Orchard Park, N.Y.
• Shelly Moeller, Harpeth True Value Hardware, Franklin, Tenn.
• Warren Sawyer, Sawyer’s True Value, The Dalles, Ore.
• Joseph Scapin Jr., Lee Hardware True Value, Lee, Mass.
• Robert Schmidt, Gasser True Value, Maquoketa, Iowa
• Bob Swanson, Swanson Hardware Supply, Vineland, N.J.
• Jim Waters, Waters True Value, Salina, Kan.