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How a Local Hardware Store Beat the Big Boxes with a Skills Workshop
In this episode of Small Business Success, Lucas and Luna visit a family-owned hardware store that fought back against the big-box giants by turning its aisles into a classroom. Since launching Saturday workshops on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to rewiring a lamp, the store has seen a 22 percent lift in repeat customers and a 30 percent jump in sales of the tools and parts used in the classes. Owner Maria Contreras explains how she started with a single chalkboard and a volunteer retired electrician, and grew it into a program that now runs four sessions a week, drawing over a…
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