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Orchard Supply Hardware

RetailUSAClosed 2018

Total Raised

Undisclosed

Peak Valuation

$205M

Employees

5,400

Year Collapsed

2018

Business model

Neighborhood hardware and garden supply stores, smaller-format than big-box home improvement chains.

In brief

An 82-year-old San Jose hardware chain that spent years as a Sears Holdings subsidiary before Sears' own financial distress forced a sale. Lowe's acquired the majority of its stores for $205 million in 2013, intending to use the smaller-format stores to expand into neighborhoods…

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Key facts

Founded
1931
Closed
2018
Headquarters
San Jose, USA
Industry
Retail
Employees
5,400
Revenue
$657M
Founders
Founded as a farmers' cooperative by 30 local orchardists

Related failures

Often compared with: Ace Hardware, True Value.