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If you're building a house or fixing one up, you might as well Do it Best -- at least, that's the hope of the hardware industry's third-largest cooperative. Trailing TruServ and Ace Hardware, Do it Best has about 4,400 member-owned stores in the US and 40 other countries. The stores stock some 70,000 hardware and building products, which are also sold online. (Its Web site offers tips for do-it-yourselfers and project advice as well.) The co-op, whose buying power enables members to get retail products at competitive prices, also offers unifying branding programs using the Do it Center and Do it Best names. Do it Best (formerly Hardware Wholesalers) began in 1945; it bought the Our Own Hardware co-op in 1998.
COMPETITION |
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Ace Hardware Corporation (dossier)
The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
TruServ Corporation (dossier)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: June
1999 Sales (mil.): 2,440.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 28.4%
Employees: 1,307
Revenue per employee: $1,866,870.70
KEY PEOPLE |
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Michael J. McClelland
CEO
Dave Dietz
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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6502 Nelson Rd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46801
US
Phone: 219-748-5300
Fax: 219-748-5620
Online: Web Site
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