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Retailing Resources:
- www.nrha.org - The National Retail Hardware
Association site has industry news and events, links to manufacturers and retailers, and
an online How To series that can be incorporated on retailer's sites.
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www.homechannelnews.com - The Home Channel News site gets updated daily with retailing news, as well as providing
financial statistics from the hardware and homecenter industry.
- Ace Focus - Mailing
list for Ace dealers as well as some additional online resource links.
- Worldwide DIY Council -
Association of American and Canadian manufacturers
Business Tools: Online reference sites for a variety of business
inquiries
- www.usps.gov - United States Post Office, where
you can check postal rates, lookup zip codes, print mailing labels, and order free supplies.
- www.ups.com - United Parcel Service - Track
packages, order supplies, print labels, check rates, etc.
The Internet & World Wide Web:
 | www.w3.org - The World Wide Web Consortium site has
information about the history of the web, HTML tutorials, new technologies, and lots of
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Network Solutions - Network Solutions, one of the folks who maintain the list of Internet commercial domain names. Research and register a
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Search The Web:
- www.google.com - This
is my current favorite search engine...no categories, but fast and accurate.
- www.yahoo.com - Yahoo breaks down search results
by category, which makes finding what you want a lot easier. Plus, great online resources
like maps and the White Pages.
- www.build.com - Search site specifically
focused on the building and hardware industry, if you don't mind wading through banner ads
on every page. A great place to search for manufacturer web pages.
Reference Tools:
- www.itools.com - A great site with online data
for zip codes, language translation, currency conversion, stock quotes, biographies, and
more.
- www.loc.gov - They're the government, and they're
online to help you. The Library of Congress web site provides a search tool for pending
legislation, plus links to many other US Government web sites.
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