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Official name: |
Do it Best Corp. |
| Headquarters: |
Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Description: |
A hardware and building materials buying cooperative offering products and retail services to independent hardware, home center, and lumberyard member-owners throughout the world. |
| Year founded: |
1945 as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. by Arnold Gerberding |
| 2007 fiscal sales: |
$2.808 billion |
2006: |
$3.053 billion |
| Fiscal year end: |
June 30, 2007 |
| 2007 member rebate: |
$126.2 million |
2006: |
$122.1 million |
| Member locations: |
4,100 |
| Total SKUs: |
65,000 |
Fill rate: |
96.8% |
| Mission statement: |
Making the best even better |
| Philosophy: |
Serving others as we would like to be served |
| Goal: |
To help our members grow |
| Employee count: |
1,435 |
| Retail service centers: |
Cape Girardeau, MO
Dixon, IL
Lexington, SC
Medina, OH
Mesquite, NV
Montgomery, NY
Waco, TX
Woodburn, OR |
Regional lumber offices: |
Burnsville, MN
Fort Wayne, IN
Lexington, SC
Montgomery, NY
Woodburn, OR |
| Executive staff: |
Bob Taylor, President & CEO
Dave Haist, Executive VP & COO
Jay Brown, VP-Retail Development
Dave Dietz, VP-Finance
Steve Markley, VP-Merchandising
Quent Ondricek, VP-Lumber and Building Materials
John Snider, VP-Retail Logistics
Dan Starr, VP-Human Resources
Kay Williams, VP-Information Technology
Bill Zielke, VP-Marketing and International Development |
Board of directors:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
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Niel Crowson, E. C. Barton & Company, Jonesboro, AR
Mike Fujimoto, Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd., Keaau, HI
Tony Ruggiero, Horseheads Do it center®, Horseheads, NY
Pat Sullivan, Sullivan's Do it Best® Hardware, Indianapolis, IN
J. Johnson, Johnson's Home and Garden, Maple Valley, WA
Ron Gadek, Northbrook Do it Best® Hardware, Northbrook, IL
Frank Blair, Schnarr's Hardware Company, Ladue, MO
Tom Lamberth, Russell Do it center®, Alexander City, AL
Steve Phillips, Phillips Do it center®, Cedar Hill, TX
Tom Brown, American Home & Hardware, Elkton, MD
Howard Miller, Hartville Hardware, Hartville, OH
Randy Skinner, Tahlequah Lumber, Tahlequah, OK
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