Nova wrote:
I agree. The Buffalo area has always been a competitive market. The "mom and pop"
hardware stores continue to survive because they have build their business by offering
specialized service filling a particular niche. While there have a few local hardware
stores close since Home Depot came to town they have closed due to a change in
demographics rather than the competition.



I'll agree with you and raise you this thought. How many of
the stores that close were already on the cusp of
failure/were failing anyway and have used (insert mega store
name here) as the scape goat?

Here in Da Falls we have an Ace Hardware (Neu's). The owner
wanted to sell the lot across the street from his store
(highway frontage) to Home Depot but the village wouldn't
let him onna 'count of access (it would have been a
nightmare/no really).

Home Depot did end up opening a mile(ish) away as did also a
Menard's. Neu's doesn't open on Sunday and they keep short
hours on Tuesday and Thursday. And guess what, all three
places are making money.

I was eventually disappointed that Neu's wasn't able to let
a Home Depot open across the street just to watch both stay
in business but I'm happy with the proximity/it serves to
prove a point.

UA100