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Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. has struck a buyout deal with co-operative Do It Best Corp. with True Value filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate a process that would combine 4,500 True Value-affiliated stores with the Do It Best’s 4,300 store system.

The International Housewares Association is partnering again with Good360, a nonprofit that works with major corporate donors to deliver needed goods to communities in need after a disaster, to help relief efforts in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Derek Miller, president and CEO of the International Housewares Association (IHA), in a letter to the home, housewares and travel goods industries, provided an update on IHA developments and plans for The Inspired Home Show 2025, set for March 2-4 in Chicago.