Handy Dan Home Improvement was one of the first home improvement

Home improvement

Home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home.-Types of home improvement:...

 retailer chains. It went out of business in May, 1989.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE7444964D657&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Ironically, Handy Dan employed two corporate officers named Arthur Blank

Arthur Blank

Arthur M. Blank is an American businessman and a co-founder of The Home Depot. Today he is known for his philanthropy and his ownership of the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League.-Early life:...

 and Bernie Marcus. Both were fired from Handy Dan in 1978, but then went out to create The Home Depot

The Home Depot

The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...

, which went on to enormous success in the home improvement retail market.

Handy Dan was owned by Channel Home Centers

Channel Home Centers

Channel Home Centers was a chain of home improvement retail stores that was based in Whippany, New Jersey. The chain of stores was founded in 1948 but could trace its history as far back as 1922 or 1908, when the original lumber company that preceded it was founded...

 of Whippany, New Jersey

Whippany, New Jersey

Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area...

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Handy Dan played a major role in getting Texas's religion-based 'blue'
laws

Blue law

A blue law is a type of law, typically found in the United States and, formerly, in Canada, designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, and a restriction on Sunday shopping...

repealed in 1984 by opening on Sunday and using white price stickers for
goods that could be sold seven days a week, and
blue price stickers for items that could not be sold on Sunday.