Along with wallpaper sample books, customers at Hadlock’s House of Paint can browse wallpaper samples displayed in different ways throughout the store.
While browsing wallpaper sample books gives customers a closer look at the patterns or colors available, Hadlock’s House of Paint, which has four locations in New York, gives customers a real-life view of some of the wallcoverings the stores carry. The company’s social media coordinator Todd Gonzalez says different wallpapers are hung around the stores to show customers how that wallpaper would look in a larger space outside the sample book.
“We get samples every quarter from our wallpaper vendor reps, which we hang in different areas of the store,” Gonzalez says. “We also take those samples and hang them in picture frames around the store, rotating them out every couple of months.”
Several of these framed wallpaper samples are hung near the blinds to show what patterns coordinate with different blind options.
“We’ve also placed rolled-up wallpaper samples in paint cans throughout the store to add a pop of color and some fun decor,” Gonzalez says. “These displays also double as a way for customers to easily browse wallcovering options.”
Breast Cancer Support Runs Deep
In October 2020, Fargo Glass & Paint Co. took part in a mural project, donating paint for the display that featured a “Who’s Your Hero?” theme.
At Fargo Glass & Paint Co., which has five locations in North Dakota and South Dakota, supporting the fight against cancer takes on a personal note. In 2005 and 2006, both of president Andy Nelson’s in-laws were diagnosed with cancer, passing away only 11 months apart from each other. Since then, Nelson, his family and now the stores are highly involved in supporting organizations fighting cancer, including the Roger Maris Cancer Center. In October 2022, the stores sold branded breast cancer awareness T-shirts and donated the proceeds to the Roger Maris Cancer Center. In 2020, the store donated paint for a local mural that honors cancer patients and survivors.
“That time was devastating for my wife and her family,” he says. “The types and severity of the cancers my wife’s parents were diagnosed with were too far along and aggressive for medical intervention, but I can tell you the support and compassion that was extended to my wife’s parents and the family via the Roger Maris Cancer Center staff was amazing.”
Along with personally affecting his family, Nelson says cancer has affected a number of the operation’s employees and their families.
“As an employee-owned company with nearly 170 staff members, it seems all too often that our work family is affected by a cancer diagnosis,” he says. “We work hard to be that supportive employer who is flexible and accommodating to those battling against cancer or supporting a family member who is battling cancer.”
Nelson says supporting local and national organizations and nonprofits fits into the company’s three core values: Show Our Care, Grow Every Day and Make It Happen.
“I truly believe if you start with showing your care for others and they in turn show their care, that affect will go on and on and compassion will grow every day to make a huge difference in our world,” Nelson says. “Our focus on our little world allows us to show our care locally to our employees, our families, our business partners and overall, our community.”
