NHPA

Rundoo, the AI-first platform for independent supply stores, partners with the North American Hardware and Paint Association (NHPA), the organization that has served as the voice of independent hardware and paint retailers for over 125 years. Where NHPA connects, educates, and advocates for the independent channel, Rundoo provides the modern technology those retailers need to run their stores more efficiently and serve their customers better.

Why this matters

Independent hardware and paint stores are the heart of the communities they serve, but running one has never been a simple operation. Store owners balance inventory from multiple distributors, manage customer accounts, keep up with manufacturer programs, and somehow find time to actually help the person standing at the counter who needs the right size lag bolt for a deck project they started without measuring first. NHPA has spent more than a century advocating for these retailers, giving them a platform for education, networking, and a collective voice that carries weight across the industry.

Rundoo's partnership with NHPA is grounded in a shared belief that independent retailers deserve better tools. Through NHPA's conferences, publications, and industry events, Rundoo connects with store owners who are ready to move beyond disconnected systems and manual processes.

NHPA hosts some of the most important gatherings in the independent channel, and Rundoo shows up to all of them with a demo ready and a terrible pun locked and loaded.

The Independent Hardware and Internet Conference (IHI) brings together retailers from across the country to explore new technology, share best practices, and figure out how the next generation of independent stores will operate. Rundoo has exhibited at IHI with a booth and breakout sessions, walking store owners through everything from AI-powered purchase orders to unified POS and inventory management. If you've ever wanted to see someone get genuinely excited about automated receiving workflows, this is your conference.

NHPA's Technology Symposium is a more focused event where retailers and vendors dig into the tech side of running an independent store, covering topics like ecommerce, electronic shelf labels, last-mile delivery, and all of the integration challenges that come with stitching together the systems a modern store depends on. Rundoo is a regular at the symposium, and it's one of our favorite events because the conversations tend to go deeper, the questions get sharper, and the people in the room are the ones actually making buying decisions for their stores.

If you're attending an NHPA event, come find us. We'll show you what a modern POS looks like when it actually talks to your distributor, your tint system, and your general ledger at the same time.