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		<title>10 Things You Didn’t Know Ace Hardware Sells</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Having a home improvement store you prefer for your <a href="https://www.bobvila.com/category/diy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DIY</a> products is nothing new, but Ace Hardware isn’t limited to just tools and DIY supplies.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>SCHEELS Home and Hardware Store closing in Fargo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) — SCHEELS Home and Hardware Store is closing in Fargo.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Ace Hardware Accused of Using Store Sales Data to Jack Up Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ace Hardware Corp. conspired to raise retail prices across its member stores, causing consumers to pay millions of dollars more for products, according to a customer’s proposed class action.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Decades-old Home Depot rival announces last location’s closing date</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p id="SFP6IOCIHFEF7BA6K3UWNUMNDA">For more than a century, a well-known&#160;<a href="https://www.pennlive.com/life/2024/11/home-depot-co-founder-dies-at-95.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Home Depot</a>&#160;rival has been serving its community.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Haberman’s buildings on Holyoke’s High Street sold 10 years after hardware store closed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>HOLYOKE — The Haberman family has sold properties on Holyoke’s High Street, including the landmark <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2016/05/habermans_hardware_in_holyoke.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Haberman’s Hardware</a> building, ten years after the store closed following 89 years in business across three generations.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Old Hangtown&#8217; hardware store defies modern retail trends &#124; Bartell&#8217;s Backroads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Store has operated continuously since 1854, making it the oldest hardware store west of the Mississippi, and a lasting reminder of Placerville’s gold rush past.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Faribault hardware store celebrates 30 years in business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Met Con Lumber and Hardware of Faribault recently celebrated 30 years in business.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Longstanding family-owned Chilliwack business to close its smaller hardware store</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A locally-owned company that has been in Chilliwack for 80 years will be consolidating two of its stores, resulting in the closure of its smaller location.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Locally owned hardware store on Cincinnati&#8217;s West Side announces closure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) &#8211; A longtime locally owned hardware store on Cincinnati&#8217;s West Side is preparing to close its doors.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>New Ellenton welcomes new hardware store to Main Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A new hardware store opened recently in New Ellenton.</p>



<p>An ACE Hardware location opened May 16, and is ready to serve the New Ellenton community and surrounding areas.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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