- Handy Dan
Handy Dan Home Improvement, now-defunct, was one of the first
home improvement retailer chains. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7444964D657&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] The retailer is probably best-known today for itsApril 1978 firing of executivesBernie Marcus andArthur Blank . The day after their firing, Marcus and Blank began a series of actions that led to their founding ofThe Home Depot .Handy Dan was owned by
Channel Home Centers of Whippany,New Jersey . [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD897D818DD44C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
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