| Are you looking for household tools such as lock and | | | | Home improvement stores are very common in the |
| keys, electrical supply or cleaning products? You | | | | United States. In fact, a chain of home improvement |
| definitely have to go to a home improvement store. | | | | stores have been around for a while now. There are |
| The usual concept for these stores revolves around | | | | four leading suppliers to home improvement stores in |
| access to everything that is needed under one roof. | | | | the US. These are, Do It Best Corp. which is located at |
| Large varieties of products are available in a home | | | | Fort Wayne, Indiana; True Value Company from |
| improvement store. The usual products here are | | | | Chicago Illinois. And the last one is Orgill which is a |
| appliances such as refrigerators and TV, building | | | | traditional wholesale organization. Furthermore, there |
| supplies, doors, flooring, heating and cooling devices | | | | are still a lot of home improvement stores that are still |
| plumbing storage and organization tools and windows. | | | | thriving to survive the industry. These numbers |
| They also sell hardware supplies which include hand | | | | however, shows a decline compared to the past. |
| tools, paint, lawn and garden products; plumbing | | | | Though it is tough to compete with large chain stores, |
| supplies, house wares and a whole lot more. A home | | | | there are still home improvement stores that are still |
| improvement store usually has special departments | | | | opening all the time. Moreover, chain stores have |
| that include products of a customer's interest such as | | | | continued their expansion. Which drove the growth in |
| fishing tools and supplies, hunting supplies, plant and | | | | market sales. |
| nursery products, farm and ranch supplies including | | | | According to research, sales have been excellent |
| animal food and pet food and supplies. | | | | from the previous years up to the present. Though the |
| These departments sometimes also have swimming | | | | sales growth had been slowed down because of the |
| pool chemicals, home brewing supplies and canning | | | | global financial crisis, it is not considered as a decline. |
| supplies. The stores can often cater for renovations | | | | Companies expect to be back on track soon because |
| and improvements through supplying everything you | | | | the recession is almost over and done with. The |
| need for home repair and maintenance tools such as | | | | industry has big competitors, wherein each and every |
| hardware tools, electrical supplies and structural | | | | one of them has big shares of the market. Moreover, it |
| materials. The biggest customers of a home | | | | is considered more of a movement than a retail |
| improvement store are the Do-It-Yourself buyers. DIY | | | | sector. To avoid decline in sales, companies have |
| is like building or repairing something, that is, without the | | | | taken and considered some ways to generate sales. |
| help of professionals or experts. DIY has been a great | | | | Some stores nowadays allow contractors to rent |
| hit with home improvement stores in the past years | | | | equipments, tools and delivery trucks. The steps prove |
| but has been declining because people now tend to | | | | to be effective as there had been an increase in sales |
| look for someone who can do that for them instead. | | | | in the industry. |