Helpful Guides & Expert Tips

Build a practical emergency plan with dependable ways to receive alerts, create light, maintain power, handle common vehicle problems and protect your home or belongings.

Old-school formats can still fit comfortably into everyday life. Start with the music and recordings you already own, then choose the player, recorder or transfer tool that matches what you actually want to do with them.

Make everyday yard work easier by focusing on the jobs that matter most: watering efficiently, preventing pest problems, maintaining workable soil and moving garden supplies with less effort.

Home should keep feeling like home. Use this practical guide to think through everyday comfort, movement, monitoring, mobility and healthy routines as your needs change.

The most useful car accessories solve real problems: low tire pressure, a weak battery, roadside trouble, a messy interior, everyday wear or the need for better vehicle protection. Start with the job you need done, then choose equipment that makes that job easier to handle.

Build around the jobs you really do. Find useful workshop tools, compare options and create a personalized setup checklist without filling your garage with equipment you rarely use.

Create a better movie night at home with the right picture, clearer sound, comfortable TV placement, easy entertainment, and snacks ready before you press play.

Move more, stretch better and make everyday wellness easier without turning your home into a gym.

A useful road-ready kit is not about filling your trunk with gadgets. It is about covering the problems that can leave you stranded or unprepared: a weak battery, a low tire, bad weather, darkness, lost navigation or a phone that needs power.

Sears, Spiegel, Service Merchandise and other catalog giants of the 1980s and ‘90s are gone. This Chaska, Minnesota-based retailer says it survived by staying committed to the customers who built it.

Heartland America has been recognized in both USA TODAY's America's Best Customer Service 2026 and America's Best Stores 2026 studies—two honors shaped in large part by the experiences of American shoppers.

The recognition reflects employee feedback about the workplace experience and the culture Heartland America's team works to build, support and strengthen every day.