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May 3, 2013
Newell Rubbermaid to trim its portfolio

The company has announced plans to sell its “Hardware and Teach Platform” businesses.

Newell Rubbermaid has announced its intention to sell its Hardware and Teach Platform businesses -- the Bulldog, Shurline, Ashland and Amerock brands, the drapery hardware business, and Mimio.

“These are good businesses run by talented people but they do not fit with our strategy,” said CEO Michael Polk. 

In 2012, the Hardware and Teach Platform represented net sales of more than $300 million. Newell’s Irwin Tools brand is not part of the group up for sale.

February 26, 2013
Do it Best store opens in Nebraska

On the site of a former Mead Lumber Co. location, a C&L Hardware opens in Ashland, Neb.

On the site of a former Mead Lumber Co. location, a C&L Hardware opens in Ashland, Neb., according to an article on JouranlStar.com.

Store manager Larry Lemon told the news outlet: “We’re going to have more hardware than lumber, but we’re going to offer lumber, too.”

June 22, 2012
Mead Lumber to close Nebraska location

Regional chain Mead Lumber Co. has decided to close its Ashland, Neb., location on July 7, according to an article in the Journal-Star.

The 102-year-old lumberyard was not able to generate enough volume to make the business viable, spokeswoman Kate Mead told the newspaper. She added that local home builders were often bringing in building supplies from outside the area.