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Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers was founded as Arrow Lumber Company by Joseph Rashkow in 1947 on the south side of Chicago. His son, Ronald Rashkow, bought out the single store operation in 1967 from his father. He converted the company to Handy Andy in 1971 with its first expansion unit. [1] The company grew to 72 stores in seven American ...
During World War II, the company manufactured and prefabricated governmental housing. [2] In 1960, Forest City became a publicly-traded company. [2] In 1987, the company sold its retail lumber business to Handy Andy Home Improvement Center. [3] In 2011, the company sold a 49% stake in a retail portfolio in New York for $172.3 million. [4]
Just for Feet – bankrupt in 1999, acquired by Footstar, final stores closed in 2004. MC Sports – filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2017. Modell's Sporting Goods – first store opened in 1889. On March 11, 2020, the company filed for bankruptcy, and announced it would close all 115 stores.
Handy Dan. Handy Dan Home Improvement was an American home improvement store Amnon Barness, an Israeli immigrant. It went out of business in May, 1989. [1] By 1972, the company operated 30 stores in California, Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma. It made an initial offering in November, which led to Daylin, Inc. owning 81% of Handy Dan. [1]
Scotty's Builders Supply. Scotty's logo. Scotty's Builders Supply was an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. The company that at its peak operated about 150 stores, closed in 2005. The company was also known as Scotty's Hardware and Scotty's Home Builders.
Abraham Levy. (Founder of preceding lumber company) Morris Charin. (Levy's partner) Parent. Family owned through 1977; W. R. Grace and Company (1977-86) Channel Home Centers (formerly known as Channel Lumber Company and often simply known as Channel) was a chain of home-improvement centers that was based in Whippany, New Jersey .
Jewel Companies expanded into the hardware and home improvement business by acquiring Republic Lumber in 1972. [26] In 1979, Jewel, under the Osco division, sold four of its five Republic Lumber locations to R & L Lumber, parent company of Handy Andy Home Improvement Center, and closed the fifth. [107]
August 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM. Michele Eve Sandberg/SIPAPRE/AP. Big Lots is closing more than 300 locations across the United States, or roughly a quarter of its stores, following an earlier warning ...