ACO hardware will close 14 stores.

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i'm tired of the salespeople at lowes and home depot who harass you when you are walking around. trying to sell insurance or roofing or some nonsense. they put in a menards across from the home depot at schoolcraft and middlebelt.

with that, walmart, sams club, costco and places like ollies selling cheap chinese crap tools, i dont think theres any chance the small chains will last.

i remember when hq came in, buying all of the builders squares and then dying a quick death. apparently kmart bought the builders squares in the 80s, but couldnt make them profitable. i guess thats been kmarts modus operandi for years. operate stores so poorly that you cant make a profit. pay out the ass to get branded products that no one wants [[martha stewart living). buy other stores and run them into the ground.

so well done k-mart.

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i'm tired of the salespeople at lowes and home depot who harass you when you are walking around. trying to sell insurance or roofing or some nonsense. they put in a menards across from the home depot at schoolcraft and middlebelt.

with that, walmart, sams club, costco and places like ollies selling cheap chinese crap tools, i dont think theres any chance the small chains will last.

i remember when hq came in, buying all of the builders squares and then dying a quick death. apparently kmart bought the builders squares in the 80s, but couldnt make them profitable. i guess thats been kmarts modus operandi for years. operate stores so poorly that you cant make a profit. pay out the ass to get branded products that no one wants [[martha stewart living). buy other stores and run them into the ground.

so well done k-mart.

And it looks as if Sears will be next.