NASHVILLE – Hickory Hardware, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of decorative, functional and industrial hardware, announced that it has strategically realigned its retail sales to better serve its customers. The sales force was restructured into a network of sales representatives with responsibility for specific accounts and regions. Jon Valsvik, vice president of retail sales, now heads a team of sales executives who will service the company’s largest chain store, co-op and independent retail accounts, as well as the company’s four North American sales regions. The company said it will maintain a separate OEM sales organization to serve its larger OEM customers.