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Can You Trust Your Paint and Hardware Store?
A Toolkit to Check Your Local Stores for
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Strategies
II. Identify the Stores
With the assistance of the Internet, assemble a list of hardware and paint stores in your community. The following is a list of the major chains. If you know of a local or regional chain, search for the chain using Google and find the store locations. Put the list in a single spreadsheet or table sorted by the name of the chain.
a. “Big Box” Hardware Chains
i. Home Depot: Go to www.homedepot.com: Click on the “Store Finder” tab in the top-right side of the webpage. A pull-down tab will show up. Enter your zip code. The three closest stores will be listed. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document. Repeat the process to get the next three closest stores. Stop when you have reached all the stores you want to check.
ii. Lowes: Go to www.lowes.com: Click on the “Stores” tab at the top of the webpage. Click on your location on the map of the United States or search for your city and state at the bottom of the page. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document. You can also search by zip code to get a complete list of nearby stores.
iii. Menards: Go to www.menards.com. Click on “Store Locator” tab at the top of the webpage. Select your state and city and click on the “Search” button. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document. If you use your zip code to search for store, you will only get the three closest stores.
b. National Franchise Hardware Chains
i. Ace Hardware: Go to www.acehardware.com. Click on the “Store Locator” tab at the top of the webpage. Either select a state or enter your zip code. If you enter your zip code, you will get the ten closest stores. There may be more nearby so try a few zip codes around town. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document. The formatting when you copy it to Word is difficult to use.
ii. Do-It-Best Hardware: Go to www.doitbest.com. Click on the “Store Locator” tab at the top of the webpage. Either select a state or enter your zip code. If you enter your zip code, you will get the five closest stores. There may be more nearby. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document. The long list may take many pages so consider copying it to Word and reformatting.
iii. True Value Hardware: Go to www.truevalue.com. Click on the “Store Finder” tab at the top of the webpage. Enter your zip code and type in the number of miles away you want to check. The default is 20 miles. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document from the list at the bottom of the page. This is the best of the websites for smaller stores.
c. Department Stores With Paint and Hardware Departments
i. Sears Hardware: Go to www.sears.com. Click on the “Store Locator” tab at the top-right corner of the webpage. Enter your zip code. You will get the eight closest stores. There may be more nearby. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
ii. Target Stores: Go to www.target.com. Click on the “Stores + Services” tab at the top-right corner of the webpage. Click on the “Store Locator” type on the left side of the webpage. Enter your zip code. You will get the three closest stores and a map of other nearby stores. You will need to enter other zip codes to get to the other locations. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
iii. WalMart Stores: Go to www.walmart.com. Click on the “Find a Store” type at the bottom of the webpage under the “Store Help” heading. Enter your zip code. You will get the ten closest stores. Try another zip code if you think there are more than ten stores in your community. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
d. Retail Paint Stores – National and Local
i. Benjamin Moore Paint: Go to www.benjaminmoore.com. Enter your zip code in the box in the lower left corner of the webpage. You will get the three closest stores. Try another zip code if you think there are more than three stores in your community. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
ii. Duron Paints: Go to www.duron.com. Click on the “Locations” button on the left side of the webpage. Select a state. Click on the “Find Location” button. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
iii. PPG Paint Paint: Go to www.ppg.com. Click on the “Buy PPG” type on the left side of the webpage under the “About Us” heading. Click on the “Dealer Locators” type on the left side under “Buy PPG” heading. Click on “Pittsburgh Paints” type. Select “US” for country and click the “Next” button. Checkmark the boxes for all products and click the “Next” button. Enter your zip code and click the “Search” button. The closest 20 stores will be listed. Click on the “Next 20” type to see additional stores. Please note that PPG paints are sold at many hardware stores listed above. But the list also includes local stores that are not part of larger chains. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.
iv. Sherwin Williams Stores: Go to www.sherwin-williams.com. Click on “Products and Services” type of the left side of the webpage. Click on the “Store Locator” button in the top-right corner of the webpage. Enter your zip code in the pop-up box and select the distance you want. Keep the “DIY Retail” entry the same. You will get the six closest stores. Try another zip code if you think there are more than six stores in your community. Print the page or copy the information into a Word document.