Hardlines Distribution Alliance#PRO Group

Hardlines Distribution Alliance (HDA) is a hardware store retailers' cooperative formed on April 1, 2022, with the merge of Distribution America and PRO Group.{{Cite web |title=Distribution America, PRO Group merge to form Hardlines |url=https://www.hbsdealer.com/distribution-america-pro-group-merge-form-hardlines |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=HBS Dealer |language=en}}

History

=Distribution America=

Distribution America was a hardware store retailers' cooperative with 15000 affiliated retail locations.{{Cite web |url=http://www.daonline.com/OurDistributorMembers.aspx |title=Distribution America Distributor Members |access-date=2012-04-18 |archive-date=2010-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723154822/http://www.daonline.com/OurDistributorMembers.aspx |url-status=dead }}

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:

  • PRO Hardware
  • Farm Mart
  • GardenMaster

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

Members

Competitors

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Further reading

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044008/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0VCW/is_3_27/ai_70740755 Focus on independence turns to Pro Group: Brief Article Home Channel News, Feb 5, 2001 by Scott Larson]