The Craftsman tool line has been around for almost a century, launching in 1927 as a house brand at Sears department stores. In time, Craftsman became synonymous with quality hand tools at reasonable ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Craftsman, the venerable tool brand Sears sold Thursday to former competitor Stanley Black & Decker, is famous for its lifetime warranty on hand tools. The handle breaks on a ...

Although some Craftsman tools have been available to buy at smaller hardware store chains like Ace Hardware, Atwood Ranch & Home, and Blain's, they've largely been items exclusive to Sears Holdings ...

Sears declared bankruptcy back in October 2018. That was the end of the line for many of us as locations started shutting down. After a lifetime of shopping there, we’d have to start buying our tools ...

Craftsman has long been considered a household name. The simple yet enduring brand first entered the conversation after Sears purchased the rights to use the name in 1927 (for $500, worth a little ...

In early 2017, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) sold the rights to its storied Craftsman tool brand to Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK). Stanley Black & Decker agreed to pay $525 million upfront-- plus ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. (Crain's) -- Sears Holdings Corp. announced late Friday it ...

Sears Holdings Corp. said it would close another 150 stores and sell its Craftsman tool brand for $900 million, as the cash-strapped retailer continues to shrink and battle slumping sales. In ...

Stanley Black & Decker may do for Craftsman what Sears couldn’t — get the tools into customers’ hands. Sears Holdings reached an agreement with Stanley to sell Craftsman, a maker of hand and power ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Sears Holdings Corp. SHLD will sell its Craftsman tools through warehouse clubs operated by Costco Wholesale Corp. COST nationwide, continuing the retailer's distribution of ...

Sears Holdings Corp. is suing a longtime supplier of Craftsman tools, the second such suit in a month, as the struggling retailer tries to keep vendors from abandoning the company. Sears filed the ...

Sears has filed its second lawsuit in less than a month against one of its Craftsman hand tools suppliers, alleging that the vendor is abruptly ending its relationship and agreeing to resume it only ...