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 ...

Since the brand was introduced by Sears in 1927, Craftsman hand tools have a famous warranty, lifetime and unlimited. Legend held that scavengers used to scour for old beat-up and broken Craftsman ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...