Orgill is the world’s largest independent hardlines distributor with annual sales of $3 billion. The privately owned company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Collierville, TN.
Worldwide Distribution and Retail Services
Orgill serves more than 12,000 retail hardware stores, home centers, pro lumber dealers, and farm stores throughout the United States and Canada, and over 50 countries around the world.
Orgill Provides Service and Deliveries You Can Count On
Orgill retailers have immediate access to more than 75,000 SKUs in each of its eight distribution centers. Drop Ship programs are available from the industry’s leading manufacturers.
Orgill’s distribution facilities are among the newest and most efficient in the industry, with order accuracy rates of 99.6% and industry leading fill rates.
Orgill operates one of the industry’s largest truck fleets. 98% of Orgill customers receive their shipment on a scheduled Orgill truck with an Orgill driver within 48 hours of placing their order.
The Largest Field Sales Team in the Industry!
More than 400 Orgill field representatives are strategically located throughout North America. These highly trained men and women work side by side with customers to help identify and address opportunities in the dealer’s local market.
Our field staff is supported by a highly skilled team of customer service specialists located in each distribution center, as well as our Collierville home office, who are always a phone call away.
At Orgill we know that our success depends on the success of our retailers. Every employee at Orgill is dedicated to accomplishing this goal.
Orgill Has Always Been About Independence
There are no membership fees required to be an Orgill customer. Our focus is on enhancing the strength and effectiveness of the dealers’ local brand.
Our world-class retail services help independent retailers run their businesses more effectively. These services include market analysis, store design and layout, assortment planning and review, pricing strategies, Brand Building integrated marketing services, promotional buying, educational seminars – both monthly and at our dealer markets- and shared best practices from our most successful case studies.
Why Orgill Is the Fastest Growing Distributor
Orgill’s sales have doubled over the past ten years and are 15x what they were in 1990. The growth is a direct result of the company’s focus on its mission to “Help Our Customers Be Successful”.
There are four key focus points that effectively deliver on that mission:
What customers need
When they need it
Competitive pricing
Best-in-class retail services support
Southern Hardware was founded in Helena Arkansas in 1914 to provide products for the timber industry. That early start continued and evolved through the years, moving Southern’s focus from the timber industry to becoming a full line Hardware Distributor with a heavy emphasis on products for the farming industry.
In 2010, Southern became a part of the Bostwick-Braun Company, located in Toledo Ohio. Bostwick is an ESOP (employee owned company) and a full line hardware wholesaler. Becoming part of the Bostwick family of companies gave our customers access to an additional 40,000 SKU’s. After they purchased Southern they immediately invested in our warehouse and more than doubled its size. This allowed us to now inventory all the products our customers are looking for and provide them at very competitive prices.
Southern Hardware presently serves customers in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas. Southern Hardware has some of the best field sales reps in the industry that call on our customers weekly and provides delivery via its own fleet of trucks both closed trailers and flat beds.
The Bostwick-Braun Company is a wholesale hardware distributor, one of the largest and oldest in the Midwest. For over 160 years, we’ve been assisting stores with not only their supply needs, but also with business services, guidance and advice to ensure their own longevity.
That’s who we are, but it’s not what we’re about.
We’re about building relationships with our customers, and in many instances, being able to call them “friends”. We’re about providing the best possible service to them that we can. We’re about doing whatever we can to make sure that you are successful as an independent business owner.
Bostwick-Braun, in its original form, was founded in 1855. For several generations now, it has evolved and prospered because of the hard work, dedication and integrity of the people who make up the company. From the top down, every person at Bostwick-Braun has a stake in its success, and each individual is empowered to react to customers’ needs. This level of personal service has been the foundation for a company that continues to grow and excel in this industry.
Over the past several years, The Bostwick-Braun Company has acquired a handful of other distributors and specialty industrial companies. All of these new “family members” were chosen with due diligence, sought out because they shared the same values and principles as the original company. They were brought under the Bostwick-Braun “umbrella” because they were determined to broaden the selection and capabilities that we were able to offer our customers.
All of this – everything that we’re about – is because it’s the best way to help you grow. Our success depends on your success, and we’re always willing to do whatever we are able to in order to help you cultivate your business. We are here for you, and we thank you for allowing us to be a part of your team.
At Team Creations, we value our relationships with our distributors and dealers. As essential business partners we appreciate their steadfast commitment to customer service. Our strength is providing value through relationships with our network of dealers, distributors, and manufacturers. If you are a distributor, dealer, or manufacturer who holds relationship and communication as a paramount priority, we would like to hear from you.
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