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How a Small Hardware Store Competed With Home Depot and Won
Episode 4 of Small Business Success with Fexingo: How Ace Hardware store owner Maria Lopez turned a single location in Portland into a thriving neighborhood hub that actually beat Home Depot on customer satisfaction. We break down the specific strategies she used: hyper-local inventory tailored to the neighborhood's 1920s housing stock, a 'fix it first' service model that generates repeat visits, and a employee-ownership structure that drives retention. Plus the surprising data point: Ace Hardware consistently ranks higher than Home Depot in the American Customer Satisfaction…
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