Handy Hardware
Handy Hardware is a hardware store distribution center serving 1,000 retailers in 9 states in the United States, from Colorado to Florida, and in Mexico and Central America as well. It was founded in 1961 in Houston, Texas.
Handy Hardware is a member/owner of Distribution America, second largest wholesale marketing organization in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2016, Handy Hardware was purchased by Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In early 2019, Handy Hardware and Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. went out of business.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- Economy of the Southeastern United States
- Hardware stores of the United States
- American companies established in 1954
- Retail companies established in 1954
- American companies disestablished in 2019
- Retail companies disestablished in 2019
- Retailers' cooperatives in the United States
- Companies based in Houston
- 1954 establishments in Texas
- 2019 disestablishments in Texas
- Cooperatives based in Texas