NRHA EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP, CHANGES NAME TO INCLUDE PAINT RETAILERS

The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is broadening the reach of its membership to include independent paint and decorating store operators. And it’s changing its name to reflect this evolution.

The association is now known as the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA) and will represent the interests of all independently operated hardware stores and home centres, plus paint and decorating outlets, throughout North America. The change comes following the closure of the Paint and Decorating Retailers Association, an organization that NRHA had worked with for many years.

“Independent hardware stores and home centres share so much common DNA with independent paint and decorating retailers that this expansion of our membership can only benefit the industry as a whole,” says NHPA President and CEO Bob Cutter.

As part of this expansion, independent paint and decorating store owners and operators have access to all of the free programs and services already available through the newly named NHPA.

“We want to make sure paint and decorating retailers have access to the programs and information they have come to rely on to run their businesses better and more efficiently,

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but also have them realize they are now part of a larger community with a broader range of resources and programs available to them,” Cutter says.