February 2004

Surviving as a small chain

The American retail landscape is littered with memories of hardware and home centre chains of various sizes, big and small…

Winning in a crowded market

In the old days the town of Sebastopol, located south-west of Ballarat, Victoria, had “a pub on every corner”. Today, the town’s hardware outlets are just as ubiquitous — and “savvy” is competing with “size”…

Rainwater or mains water – automaticallyAn ingenious new product from Davey gives householders the ability to reduce their consumption of valuable mains drinking water by up to 40% — without any compromises…