by Lindsey Thompson | Feb 17, 2026 | Industry News
Combining AI chat, task management and operations analytics—tied directly to a retailers POS inventory—FastQuery is an AI copilot built for independent home improvement retailers. FastQuery helps store associates quickly find product information like aisle numbers,...
by Lindsey Thompson | Mar 25, 2025 | Operational Insights
With an aptitude for technology and a desire to continually improve efficiencies across his operation’s seven stores, Hassett Hardware president Eric Hassett has been exploring the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in the independent channel. Located in...
by Olivia Shroyer | Aug 31, 2023 | Industry News
Honoring Outstanding Retailers: Learn more about the Top Guns awards program and the retailers making a big impact on the industry at YourNHPA.org/top-guns. Now in its 17th year, the Top Guns awards program, presented by the North American Hardware and Paint...
by Lindsey Thompson | Jun 5, 2023 | Industry News, Operational Insights
Hassett Hardware has seen expansive growth and success in the six decades since it opened, going from one location in 1957 to now six locations across the San Francisco Bay Area. President and owner Eric Hassett contributes much of that success to the people who make...
by Lindsey Thompson | May 18, 2023 | Operational Insights
Hardware—along with hard work and a love for people—runs in Eric Hassett’s blood. Those qualities have led to an extremely successful career at Hassett Hardware and have contributed to him being named as one of this year’s North American Hardware and Paint Association...
