In the June issue of Hardware Retailing, we shared an article detailing the unique challenges and opportunities urban retailers experience. The article details what all retailers can learn from those conducting businesses in an urban environment and includes insights from a few retailers, including Jeremy Melnick, owner of Gordon’s Ace Hardware in Chicago.
Melnick and his father Les Melnick own and operate nine store in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Operating businesses in both types of markets, Melnick offers a unique perspective regarding the difference between doing business in an urban versus suburban market. Here, Melnick answers a few questions from Hardware Retailing.
