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Do it Best Group partners with Paycor to give store owners people management tools to drive business results

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On September 23, 2026
Do it Best, Paycor

Do it Best Group is introducing a new people management and payroll solution designed to make it easier for members to manage their teams and spend more time running their businesses.

Do it Best Group and Trex Announce Strategic Relationship to Strengthen Outdoor Living Category for Independent Retailers

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On September 23, 2026
Do it Best, Trex

Do it Best Group and Trex Company, the world’s #1 brand of sustainably made, wood-alternative decking and railing, today announced a strategic relationship designed to strengthen the outdoor living category for Do it Best members and True Value retailers nationwide.

Bill Singleton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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On September 22, 2026
Bill Singleton, LumberKing

Bill Singleton, retired former owner and longtime leader of Lumber King, has received the J.C. & Azalie Egnew Lifetime Achievement Award from the McCreary County Heritage Foundation, recognizing a lifetime of contributions to business, economic development, and community service in McCreary County and throughout southeastern Kentucky.

Petsense by Tractor Supply Launches Round-Up Campaign to Support K9s for Warriors

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On September 16, 2026
K9 for Warriors, Petsense

Petsense by Tractor Supply, invites customers nationwide to round up their purchases at checkout through Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to benefit K9s For Warriors, the nation's leading provider of trained service dogs to veterans living with PTSD and other invisible wounds of war.

Orgill Grow Your Way Event

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On September 16, 2026
Grow Your Way Event, November 2026, Orgill

Orgill’s Grow Your Way Event, Nov. 3-5 at the new 553,000-square-foot Orgill Innovation Center in Collierville, Tennessee, isn’t another traditional trade show or market. Designed around the idea that independent retailers aren’t one-size-fits-all, the event offers a more hands-on way to explore what’s possible through real-world merchandising concepts.

Target Names Mark Weinstein Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer

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On September 16, 2026
Mark Weinstein, Target

Target Corporation announced that Mark Weinstein has joined the company as chief marketing and guest experience officer, effective immediately. Weinstein reports directly to Michael Fiddelke, Target's chief executive officer, and will play a critical role in the company's growth strategy, elevating how consumers experience and connect with the Target brand.

Nearly 1,000 Merchants Tell Judge Proposed Settlement of Visa/Mastercard Lawsuit is ‘Riddled With Loopholes’

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On September 16, 2026
Visa/Mastercard Lawsuit

The Merchant Payments Coalition said that nearly 1,000 businesses and trade associations have called on a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement of merchants’ lawsuit over Visa and Mastercard credit card swipe fees that drive up consumer prices, saying the deal fails to provide adequate relief.

Do it Best Group Unveils Retail Innovation Lab to Put Emerging Technology in Members’ Hands

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On September 16, 2026
Do it Best, The Retail Innovation Center

Do it Best Group has created a new Retail Innovation Lab designed to move emerging technology out of the presentation room and into the hands of its member-owners.

Merchants Welcome Trump Backing of Credit Card Swipe Fee Reform at GOP Midterm Convention

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On September 10, 2026
Credit Cards; Small Business; Retailers

The Merchants Payments Coalition welcomed President Donald Trump’s latest call for credit card swipe fee reform, which took place tonight at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.

Ace Hardware Reaches 100th New Store Opening of 2026, Continuing Nationwide Expansion

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On September 10, 2026
Ace Hardware

Ace Hardware, the world's largest hardware cooperative, today marked its 100th new store opening of 2026 and remains on pace to open more than 170 new stores by year-end. The growth reflects strong demand from existing Ace retailers expanding their businesses, independent operators converting to the Ace brand, and new entrepreneurs joining the cooperative.

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