On Dec 28, 10:10*am, "Bob La Londe" wrote:
"Existential Angst" wrote in message

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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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On 12/27/2011 10:58 PM, oldyork90 wrote:
I'm reading bad news about Sears/KMart. *If Sears goes tits up, I hope
they hand off the Craftsman line. *I always had good luck with their
hand tools.

Don't worry, some Chinese holding company will buy them out. The new
stores will be Shears and Claymart. ^_^

Or, equivalently, HF will expand.....

I could be wrong, but I doubt it. *The profit taking that resulted in their
lower selection and greater number of listed items out of stock doesn't
leave them in much of a position to pick up market share. *Wal-Mart will
likely continue to expand though.

Ace is carrying Craftsman, for those that have an Ace store around.
Don't know that that line of tools is any better than Ace's brand. At
least Ace sells onesies instead of just sets. And wally world just
doesn't have a lot for tools, they carry some Stanley stuff, but no
onesies and not a lot of mechanic's stuff. Short fractional wrench
sets and a few hammers is about it around here. No sockets at all and
no metrics. The chain auto parts places have a much better selection
than either Ace or wally world.

Stan