HARDWARE STORES

Town & Country Hardware joins CNRG
Natchez, Miss.-based Central Network Retail Group (CNRG) added Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Town & Country Hardware as a new partner.

Town & Country Hardware operates eight hardware stores in the North Carolina cities of Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Cary. Craig Ward, president of Town & Country Hardware, has also been added to the board of directors at CNRG.
Sales up 153% at Stanley Black & Decker

N.Y. Ace store gets Today Show treatment
Stanley B&D to move Indiana operations
Stanley Black & Decker is encouraged by Q2 results
Hillman to acquire H. Paulin & Co.

The Hillman Cos. agreed to buy Toronto-based fastener distributor H. Paulin & Co. for $103.7 million (C$103 million).

“We are excited to become an integral part of the Hillman organization,” said Richard Paulin, who will continue as president of the new division of Hillman Canada. “This acquisition joins two great and complementary industry leaders with over 140 years of combined fastener knowledge.”

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013.
Stanley Black & Decker to present at BoA conference

New Britain, Conn.-based Stanley Black & Decker President and CEO John Lundgren will present at the Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Global Industrials Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 15th, 2010 at 1:25 pm eastern standard time.

The webcast will be available on the company’s website.
R&H Ace Hardware closes

R&H Ace Hardware in the Hanover Mall, in Hanover Township, Pa., has closed, according to an article in the Citizens’ Voice. The landlord is in talks with other companies to take its place.

There are two signs on the door: One says the store is closed, while the other sign is a lockout notice.
Black & Decker signs deal with PlantSense
New CEO named at B&Q

Town &amp; Country Hardware joins CNRG