Pontings Mitre 10 crowned hardware group’s best in Australia | The Standard

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A dream run for a Warrnambool hardware store just keeps on building. Since the near century-old Pontings store started trading as a Mitre 10 in 2019, a building boom boosted its sales and it has become Victoria’s top Mitre 10 of its size. Now it can add a national award to the list, taking out Independent Hardware Group’s number one medium sized store in Australia. Director John Ponting said staff received the “totally unexpected” award during a live-streamed ceremony on Monday. “It was a great honour to get the state award and then to go to the next level and get the national award, it says a lot for the staff behind us and the support we have from the community,” Mr Ponting said. “It would be one of the…