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		<title><![CDATA[In Brief]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070906/ai_n19519740]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware shortfall    Ace Hardware Corp. discovered an approximately $154 million shortfall on its books while preparing to convert from retailer- owned cooperative to for-profit corporation and likely will have to restate its financial results for the past five years, President and CEO Ray Griffith said Wednesday....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First quarter sales up 7.4 percent at Ace Hardware.(NewsMakers: REPORTING ON THE INDUSTRY)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware Corp. reported wholesale sales of $876.9 million for  the first quarter ended April 1, 2006, which was a 7.4 percent increase  compared to sales of $816.2 million for last year. Net earnings for the  period were flat at $14.7 million.    Ace Hardware...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Third quarter sales rise 5.4 percent at Ace Hardware.(NEWSMAKERS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware Corp. reported that wholesale hardlines sales for the  third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005, were $855.2 million, 5.4 percent  greater than sales of $811.2 million for the third quarter 2004. Net  earnings for the third quarter were $29.9 mil  Ace Hardware Corp. reported that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ace Hardware posts record net income in 2004; plans new DC in Washington.(Newsmakers: reporting on the industry)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware Corp. concluded its 80th anniversary milestone in 2004  with record net earnings for the second consecutive year. The co-op  reported net earnings of $101.9 million on consolidated wholesale sales  of $3.29 billion in 2004. Wholesale sales   Ace Hardware Corp. concluded its 80th anniversary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New decor spurs sales.(Store Design)(Seashore Ace Hardware)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6654/is_200408/ai_n26446334]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[* Seashore Ace Hardware is nestled among the quaint shops and  restaurants that make up the scenic seaside town of Stone Harbor, NJ.,  and the sights inside the store are no less impressive. Giant boats and  colorful mansions line the streets leading in  * Seashore Ace...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Calling all shoppers.(Steve's Ace Hardware's mobile phone accessories.)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Sixty six percent of Americans own cell phones and with  skyrocketing phone sales come an increase in demand to accessorize them.  Realizing the upward sales trend, Ron Menegon of Steve's Ace  Hardware in St. Helena, Calif., figured he deserved a piec  * Sixty six percent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Early bird holiday shoppers drive Ace sales success.(Late News)(Ace Hardware)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware reported that 34 percent of the sales of the promoted  items in its third annual one-day sale, conducted on the Friday after  Thanksgiving, were ...  Ace Hardware reported that 34 percent of the sales of the promoted  items in its third annual one-day sale,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retailer uses a high-end presentation to maximize sales of low-end tools. (Niche Opportunities).(Bob's Ace Hardware in Rockford, Illinois)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* What started as a few tables to display entry price-point hand  tools has become a full-fledged 34-foot tool bay at Bob's Ace  Hardware in Rockford, Ill.    * What started as a few tables to display entry price-point hand  tools has become a full-fledged...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace Hardware posts sales, profit growth    OAK BROOK - Ace Hardware Corp. said Monday its fiscal 2002 profit  rose 12.3 percent to $82.1 million. Sales grew 3.6 percent to $3.029  billion, which Ace said solidified its spot as the largest volume  member-owned cooperative in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A home test kit for anthrax looked like a sure cure for sickly Vital Living Products Inc. of Mattews. Then in November, FBI agents raided company headquarters, wanting to know where Vital Living got the anthrax it claimed had been used to prove the kits worked. A few days later,...]]></description>
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