Gopher Ace has been covered by a variety of media, some examples:
Improving Home Improvement: Home Depot & Lowe’s Lead In Volume But Trail In Customer Satisfaction
Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report found that combined on-offline hardware sales rose by 36.2% in May, while research from Apptopia reported app downloads for Home Depot, Lowe’s and Menards have also surged.
Long Lake True Value is now Gopher Ace
As the new year gets underway, there are big changes in store for Long Lake True Value. Owners Mike Kokesh and Mark Schaefer want customers to know that while they are having a massive sale during the month of January, offering 50 percent off on more than 7,000 items, it isn’t a closeout sale; the 9,000-square-foot space is undergoing a conversion from True Value to Ace Hardware.
Long Lake True Value | Lake Minnetonka
It isn’t the money. It isn’t the status. It isn’t the vacation. But for four generations of the Kokesh and Kraemer families, owning and operating hardware and general stores has been the kin’s vocation. From Hopkins in 1903 to Long Lake in 2011, and in Wayzata and Glen Lake in the generations in between, the clans just kept at it. It’s the love. It’s the hard work. It’s the…
Store Giving Away Blue Light Bulbs In Honor Of Fallen Officer
At the True Value in Long Lake, owner Mike Kokesh came up with a simple way for his customers to show their support for law enforcement, Nina Moini reports (2:34). WCCO 4 News At 10
Blue porch lights honor fallen Officer William Mathews
The owners at True Value in Long Lake are giving away hundreds of blue light bulbs in hopes the residents in both Long Lake and Wayzata light their porches blue tonight in honor of fallen Officer William Mathews. – Kare11.TV
Retail Profile: Gopher Ace Hardware
Gopher Ace Hardware in Long Lake, Minn., not only has a pretty cool logo – a hammer-wielding anthropomorphized gopher — it has a pretty cool story.
Mike Kokesh, who owns the business with Mark Schaefer, politely introduced himself to HBSDealer … some of the highlights…
4 Steps to Better Project Management – Paint & Decorating Retailer
Just like you shouldn’t begin construction on a new building without a blueprint, you wouldn’t want to start a new initiative around your store without a well-laid plan. A carefully devised strategy can help you finish on time and on budget, even in the midst of unexpected turns …