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18 TRUE VALUE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Contractor heritage Thomas Home Center
started out in 1971 as a home construction
business. The business grew with the
acquisition of a roof truss manufacturer
and later a garage door business, the latter
bringing a partnership with True Value that
dated back to the 1960s.
Energy and excellence Lee saw the store
struggling due to a severe downturn in
contractor business while working there
in marketing during college. He oered to
spearhead an aggressive initiative, including a
full DTV remodel, completing it in 2014. “The
remodel enabled us to grow sales by more
than 30 percent,” says Lee. “The team here
really made it happen.” His role in the store’s
success earned Lee recognition as the North
American Retail Hardware Association’s Young
Retailer of the Year in 2014.
Motto: Make it right for the customer “I love
solving problems,” Lee says. “As a company,
that same passion is expressed in our ‘make it
right for the customer’ approach. It drives
everything we do.”
Thomas Home Center
Lee Rector is the force behind the resurgence of Thomas Home Center
True Value, located in McKinleyville, a small town in northern California.
He saw a problem and he solved it—with a major DTV remodel that drove
sales growth north of 30 percent.
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“WHAT’S MY PASSION?
SOLVING P
LEE RECTOR, THOMAS HOME CENTER TRUE VALUE