<P>Promotional sales used to be a real headache for Ace Hardware.<BR>Coordinating the sales among product manufacturers, company<BR>sales reps and individual store managers was a daunting task<BR>that often resulted in a store being out of stock on items on sale day—<BR>something no customer wants to deal with after trekking down to their<BR>local Ace store for a great bargain.<BR>“The worst thing you can do is advertise </P>

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