A Hardware store is a place where you can by most things to do with home (or office) improvement and DIY (Do-it-yourself). Hardware stores do vary in what types of things they carry, depending on the brand/ franchise, ownership and location.
Normally they will carry various types of power (an manual tools), screws, bolts, washers, Plumbing supplies, wood, mirrors, frames, doors etc. Some include gardening/ outdoor sections sections. The average hardware store will probably have in the region of between 5,000 and 10,000 individual product lines.
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As far as I know, Ace Hardware and ACO are two different hardware stores. They were never the same store so there was no split. When I was young I remember many ACE Hardware stores in the Detroit metro area. Many years ago, maybe the 70's, I noticed a few new hardware stores opening named A.C.E. Hardware. I was confused, why some stores were ACE Hardware and others were A.C.E.? I found out A.C.E. was a rival store to ACE Hardware. A.C.E was confusing costumers with their name so they would shop at A.C.E. thinking it was ACE Hardware. A.C.E. believed the periods in their name was enough legal difference but it wasn't. Ace Hardware sued A.C.E. stating their name was too similar to ACE Hardware. They won the law suit. That's when A.C.E changed their name to A.C.O. Hardware. It was easier and cheaper to change one letter in the name. As years went by I've noticed they dropped the periods and are named ACO Hardware.
As far as I know, Ace Hardware and ACO are two different hardware stores. ACE hardware did NOT change their name to ACO. If you're asking because a local store changed names then I would say the owner of the ACE Hardware sold it to ACO therefore the name change. When I was young I remember many ACE Hardware stores in the Detroit metro area. Many years ago, maybe the 70's, I noticed a few new hardware stores opening named A.C.E. Hardware. I was confused, why some stores were ACE Hardware and others were A.C.E.? I found out A.C.E. was a rival store to ACE Hardware. A.C.E was confusing costumers with their name so they would shop at A.C.E. thinking it was ACE Hardware. A.C.E. believed the periods in their name was enough legal difference but it wasn't. Ace Hardware sued A.C.E. stating their name was too similar to ACE Hardware. They won the law suit. That's when A.C.E changed their name to A.C.O. Hardware. It was easier and cheaper to change one letter in the name. As years went by I've noticed they dropped the periods and are named ACO Hardware.
When I was young I remember many ACE Hardware stores in the Detroit metro area. Many years ago, maybe the 70's, I noticed a few new hardware stores opening named A.C.E. Hardware. I was confused, why some stores were ACE Hardware and others were A.C.E.? I found out A.C.E. was a rival store to ACE Hardware. A.C.E was confusing costumers with their name so they would shop at A.C.E. thinking it was ACE Hardware. A.C.E. believed the periods in their name was enough legal difference but it wasn't. Ace Hardware sued A.C.E. stating their name was too similar to ACE Hardware. They won the law suit. That's when A.C.E changed their name to A.C.O. Hardware. It was easier and cheaper to change one letter in the name. As years went by I've noticed they dropped the periods and are named ACO Hardware. So there is or was no meaning for ACO. It was an easy name change from A.C.E.
NO, True Value is part of a network of independent hardware store owners, in what is known as a cooperative. Very different than a Franchise. Unlike typical franchises, independent hardware store owners choose what & which marketing and advertising programs to take part in. And they own stock in the cooperative, sharing in any profit that is generated by the cooperative, in the form of an annual rebate.
Most people in the United States refer to a hardware store as a hardware store. In the past it might have been referred to as a general store. Other countries have referred to a hardware store as an Ironmongers.
In the hardware store several rats died
any hardware store like Ace hardware.
Any Arts & Crafts Store or Hardware Store
No, the compound noun 'hardware store' is a common noun, a word for any hardware store anywhere.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Sister's Community Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NYFuller & Son Hardware Inc, Little Rock, ARBlossom True Value Hardware, Mountain View, CATrustworthy Hardware & Fishing, Soldotna, AK
Howard's Hardware
It all depends on who your local hardware store is. Most of the larger hardware stores do offer rentals though.
A hobby store or hardware store.
Howard Cunningham owned a hardware store.
No, the compound noun 'hardware store' is a common noun, a word for any hardware store anywhere.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Sister's Community Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NYFuller & Son Hardware Inc, Little Rock, ARBlossom True Value Hardware, Mountain View, CATrustworthy Hardware & Fishing, Soldotna, AK
first go to down town then look for a building that says peterson's construction's & hardware store
One can find information about Menard's hardware store by going to or contacting a Menard's hardware store. Another option would be to visit Menard's official website.