Hardware Hawaii

HISTORY

Hardware Hawaii began in 1954 after Dana and Mary Lundquist, while on vacation in Hawaii from their Minnesota hardware store, decided it made a lot more sense to live in Hawaii and vacation in Minnesota. They opened Hardware Hawaii in the Kailua shopping Center on June 19, 1954.

Dana brought his retail philosophy that the customer comes first. He determined to make Hardware Hawaii the friendliest store ever and to have the highest level of service. That belief of "Customer First" has brought the company through almost fifty years of growth -- it is still our philosophy!

	1984 Kanoehe Branch opens on Kahuhipa Street
	1988 Kailua store moves to larger quarters
	1992 Hardware Hawaii was named Hawaii's Outstanding Business by the Better Business Bureau
	1993 Hardware Hawaii was named Oahu Retailer of the Year by the Retail Merchants Association
	1997 Distribution Center at Kapaa Quarry opens with 3 acres of lumber yard and 2 warehouses. Hardware Hawaii was named Oahu Retailer of the Year by the Retail Merchants Association
	1998 Founder, R. Dana Lundquist, was named Hawaii's Retail Entrepreneur of the Year
	1999 Hardware Hawaii was named State Retailer of the Year
	2001 The Honolulu store opens in Mapunapuna
	2001 Hardware Hawaii joins Ace Hardware
	2002 Hardware Hawaii in the top five finalists for the "Best Business in Hawaii over ten million in sales" by Pacific Business News.
	2002 Change over to Ace allows Hardware Hawaii to donate $100,000 in True Value paint to Oahu Schools
	2003 The Kapaa Quarry Distribution Center is expanded to seven acres
	2004 Hardware Hawaii celebrates it's 50th Anniversary
	2006 Hardware Hawaii opens it's first neighbor island store in Koloa, Kaua´i
	2006 Hardware Hawaii opens it's first Design Showroom next door to it's Kailua store