Hardlines Distribution Alliance Explained

Hardlines Distribution Alliance (HDA) is a hardware store retailers' cooperative formed on April 1, 2022, with the merge of Distribution America and PRO Group.[1]

History

Distribution America

Distribution America was a hardware store retailers' cooperative with 15000 affiliated retail locations.[2]

Its programs included the well known Sentry Hardware, Trustworthy Hardware, and Golden Rule Lumber Center brands.

PRO Group

PRO Group, Inc. was a retailers' cooperative and distributors' cooperative. It was based in Denver, Colorado, and was founded in 1953.

The company's retail formats included:

It formerly had a division: National Paint Distributors, but that was disbanded.

Members

Competitors

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Distribution America, PRO Group merge to form Hardlines . 2023-01-24 . HBS Dealer . en.
  2. Web site: Distribution America Distributor Members . 2012-04-18 . 2010-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723154822/http://www.daonline.com/OurDistributorMembers.aspx . dead .