Ace has been one of the many keys to our success. Ace is a buying cooperative, so
along with more than 5,000 other hardware stores nationwide, we purchase merchandise directly from
manufacturers. This enables us to have competitive pricing and gives us access to almost anything
manufactured. This new buying power, coupled with our larger location, had a very positive public
impact. Today, Ace supplies us with over 75% of our total inventory!
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Armed with our Triad Computer, Ace Hardware, a dedicated staff and my father’s guiding principles,
we continued to grow by dedicating our organization to sales and the needs of our customers. Our
reputation grew, as did our customer base and our volume. Our staff was at twenty-five people. Our
systems were intact. We could no longer grow physically at our flagship Cole Street location. It was at
this time our first neighborhood branch was conceived.
Our Stores and Departments:
While all of our stores and departments operate under the Cole Hardware
umbrella of excellent customer service, Dave Karp’s “No Strangers” guiding
philosophy and creating positive dinnertime conversation for our customers,
each of our neighborhood stores has its own unique personality that allow
them to fit well into the diverse neighborhoods of the City.