Mexico Market Business Research Specialist Locations: Mexico - San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Time Type: Full time Posted on: Posted Yesterday Job Requisition ID: REQ-25326 Throughout its 90-year history, Ace has been known as the helpful hardware store in thousands of communities across the globe. What began as a small chain of stores established by a group of Chicago-area retailers in 1924, Ace Hardware is now the largest home improvement franchise company in the world, with more than 4,900 stores operating in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 60 countries. Ace provides its international retail partners with the requisites to build a solid enterprise - the foundation and market exclusivity of a globally recognized brand, a business model that offers operational flexibility and market localization, a worldwide distribution network that delivers access to thousands of products and a team to provide support from its bank of world class practices. In 1990, Ace created a separate division known as Ace International, to manage the growing demand for its brand and products outside the USA. While Ace Hardware already had a stake in international markets beginning in 1968, this added focus and infrastructure drove continuous international development of the Ace brand for the next 20 years with Ace establishing a strong presence throughout Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Middle East region. Ace Hardware's history continues to be written today on a global scale as Ace International Holdings Ltd. Ace International has over 860 stores located outside the USA with new licensee stores opening in several new countries. With a commitment to service, excellence, and industry-leading growth, Ace remains focused on its mission to be the best provider of products, services and operating methods for convenience hardware retailers around the globe.#J-18808-Ljbffr