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Orgill is hosting its two-day Grow Your Way event at its Innovation Center in Collierville, Tennessee, bringing together current and prospective customers, manufacturers and industry partners. The program combines store tours, vendor exhibits, buying opportunities, education and services for independent hardware retailers; the event also reflects Orgill’s move toward more targeted gatherings throughout the year.
Orgill is hosting its two-day Grow Your Way event at the company’s 553,000-square-foot Innovation Center in Collierville, Tennessee, bringing current and prospective customers together with manufacturers and industry partners. The event is designed to help independent hardware retailers explore products, services and business strategies they can use to pursue growth on their own terms.
Built around the theme “Your business. Your opportunities. Your way,” the event combines product discovery, merchandising support, education and networking. Attendees can tour three fully merchandised model stores, compare product assortments and meet representatives from nearly 50 manufacturers with permanent exhibits at the Innovation Center.
Participating manufacturers include 3M, Makita, Milwaukee Tool, Moen, National Hardware, Oatey, Rheem, Rust-Oleum, Sherwin-Williams/Valspar and Stanley Black & Decker. A separate Private Brand Showcase presents merchandise from multiple product categories.
Grow Your Way coincides with Orgill’s Winter Online Buying Event, running Nov. 2–15. The listed purchasing programs include Door Busters, Power Buys, a New Item Showcase, 2027 Spring/Summer Booking and Spring Is Here programs. The source does not provide pricing, participation totals or sales results.
Retail Support Beyond Product Buying
The event brings several kinds of support into one setting: vendor access, buying programs, retail services and peer education. For independent hardware retailers, the stated focus is not only which products to stock, but also how to approach store operations, merchandising and financial performance. Whether those resources lead to measurable business growth is not established by the event announcement.
Orgill is also using the gathering to connect retailers with specialists and other owners. Its program includes discussions of store technology, marketing and operations, alongside retailer panels and networking. The format gives attendees a chance to compare approaches and consider which resources suit their own businesses, rather than presenting one growth plan as universal.
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Orgill’s Move to Targeted Events
Orgill President and CEO Boyden Moore said the company created Grow Your Way in response to economic headwinds facing the home improvement industry. He described it as a platform for retailers to work with Orgill, vendors and each other on their operations. COO Clay Jackson said the company aims to give customers choices, resources and expertise to pursue their own business priorities.
The event also reflects a change in Orgill’s event schedule. Moore said the company is moving away from relying on a traditional twice-yearly live-event pattern and toward multiple buying events aligned with retail purchasing cycles, plus more focused gatherings. He said the approach is intended to give the company more flexibility to address retailer needs at different times of year.
““The home improvement industry continues to face stubborn headwinds from the economy this year.””
— Boyden Moore, Orgill president and CEO
Attendance and Business Results
The available report does not state the event’s calendar year, attendance figures, participating retailer count or whether the program is open to all retailers beyond Orgill’s current and prospective customers. It also does not report sales generated through the buying programs or quantify any business results for attendees.
Orgill executives describe the event as a source of resources and potential growth strategies, but outcomes will depend on retailers’ circumstances and decisions. The source does not provide independent evaluations of the services or forecasts for the wider hardware retail market.
Buying Programs Run Through Nov. 15
The Winter Online Buying Event is scheduled to run Nov. 2–15, with Door Busters, Power Buys, new-item offerings and seasonal booking programs listed among the purchasing opportunities. The source does not specify deadlines for individual offers or when Orgill will publish any follow-up results from Grow Your Way.
During the two-day gathering, the first day focuses on Orgill’s approach to assortment development, pricing, merchandising and marketing, including retailer experiences. The second day turns to financial and operational performance, with sessions drawing on findings from the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s recent Cost of Doing Business Study. Orgill’s stated broader plan is to continue holding buying events during the year and targeted gatherings around specific retailer needs.
Key Questions
What is Orgill’s Grow Your Way event?
It is a two-day event at Orgill’s Innovation Center in Collierville, Tennessee, for current and prospective customers, manufacturers and industry partners. Its program combines product displays, retail services, education and networking.
What can retailers see at the Innovation Center?
Attendees can tour three fully merchandised model stores, compare product assortments and meet representatives from nearly 50 manufacturers with permanent exhibits. The event also includes a Private Brand Showcase.
What buying opportunities are connected to the event?
Orgill’s Winter Online Buying Event runs Nov. 2–15. Programs listed include Door Busters, Power Buys, a New Item Showcase, 2027 Spring/Summer Booking and Spring Is Here.
What topics are covered in the education program?
The first day focuses on assortment development, pricing, merchandising and marketing. The second addresses financial and operational performance, including sessions drawing on the North American Hardware and Paint Association’s Cost of Doing Business Study.
Does Orgill report that the event has increased retailer sales?
No sales impact or attendee business results are reported in the available source. Orgill presents the event as a way for retailers to access resources, ideas and purchasing opportunities, but measured outcomes are not provided.
Source: hardwareretailing.com
