Retail aint doing good at all in 2017

Now I haven’t seen a KB toy store in a long time (almost 2 decades). It’s nice to know that they’re still around.

 

It’s not just the “Maxxipad” engine but the fact that they tried to run their trucks without DEF in general (that failed,spectacularly),plus ongoing litigation issues with the owners of trucks with those engines and DPF issues and facing litigation from the EPA. Time will tell if the company recovers.

 

Yep, those PACCAR motors are still snapping crank shafts. They are good for about 300,000 and if you make it past that, you are lucky.

 

Local Lowes started getting Craftsmen tools in the store just in the last week or so.
Clerk didn't know if they would get a full line of tools or not.

 

ACE Hardware has been selling Craftsman tools for awhile too... Also, now carrying Stihl.

 

Our local ACE has also been carrying Craftsmen but only a partial
selection. I was hoping somebody would start stocking a complete lineup......
Craftsmen has a lot of different tools. I think for the money they offer a pretty
decent product.

I really question how successful Craftsmen will be with offering only some
tools in direct competition to the "store brand". Lowes already has a full lineup
of Kobalt and various power tool lines.......Ace also has a pretty full line of their
products. I don't see either Ace or Lowes dropping their lines to "pick up" the
Craftsmen products.