When Ace Hardware’s top executive stepped on stage at the start of the co-op’s spring buying show, he had fierce words for fighting competitors: find weakness and “attack it relentlessly.”
President and CEO John Venhuizen spoke March 16 to kick off the Ace Hardware Spring 2017 Convention & Exhibits in Atlanta. He acknowledged competitors such as Home Depot and Lowe’s, but zeroed in on Amazon as Ace retailers’ biggest threat.
