Essex Home Hardware wins Store of the Year Award

L to R: John Pierce, Chief Retail Operations Officer, HHSL; Brent Seguin, Dealer, Essex HHBC; Larry Seguin, Dealer, Essex HHBC; Kimberly Seguin-Gauthier, Dealer, Essex HHBC; Ian White, President & CEO, HHSL; and Darrin Sayles, Senior Director of Retail Sales and Operations, HHSL at the Proud of My Home Achievement Awards. (CNW Group/Home Hardware Stores Limited)

The Essex Home Hardware Building Centre has won the ‘Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year award’ at the Proud of My Home Achievement Awards in Toronto.

The award is the highest honour of the evening.

Home Hardware said in a news release that the Store of the Year award recognizes the store that best ‘upholds the values on which Home Hardware was co-founded by Walter J. Hachborn 60 years ago – value, service, and dependability.”

Essex was also recognized as the ‘Best Home Hardware Building Centre – Central Region.’

“This honour is the highlight of an unforgettable year for our family and our stores as we celebrated 60 years of serving our communities,” said Kimberly Seguin-Gauthier, dealer-owner of Essex Home Hardware Building Centre.

“No matter how much we’ve grown, our heart is still in that small-town spirit that connects us to our community.”

The Seguins have been in retail for four generations, beginning with Larry Seguin’s (Kimberly’s father) grandmother running a feed store in the area. Arthur Seguin, Larry’s father, then opened the Home Hardware store in 1965, expanding the business in the 1980s, bringing in Kimberly and her brother, Brent.

“The Seguin family exemplifies what it means to be part of the Home Hardware family,” said John Pierce, chief retail operations officer for Home Hardware Stores Limited.

“Their leadership, dedication to their team, and commitment to their community represents the very best of our brand. We are thrilled to recognize them with this year’s ‘Store of the Year’ award.”