Bob Vereen, who has been listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA for more than
two decades, has been active in industry associations as well as an
active member of the hardware industry throughout his career.

He was with the National Retail Hardware Association for more than 30
years, retiring as senior vice president, but he also managed the
Worldwide DIY Council for more than 20 years and was active in the
Society of National Association Publications, the American Society of
Business Press Editors, the American Hardware Manufacturers
Association as a co-founder of the Young Executives Group, and the
Hardware-Housewares Packaging Committee of the Packaging Institute.

He's been writing about the hardware industry since 1950, having
authored a number of major research publications and two other books,
HUNTING FOR PROFIT, about the sporting goods business and THE REP- FACTORY RELATIONSHIP about the role of manufacturers' reps in the
hardware industry.

Currently, he continues to write about the industry for magazines in
half a dozen foreign countries.