Yardbirds Home Center is a defunct chain of home improvement stores founded in 1975 and based in Petaluma, California, United States. Their trademark colors were yellow and white. Their mascot was a white buzzard with yellow overalls. These stores were not affiliated with the Yard Birds stores based out of Chehalis, Washington that used a black bird with a yellow beak as its mascot.
The chain has been purchased by Home Depot in 2005, and the stores were closed for remodeling.[1] Two have reopened as Home Depots, while three were closed permanently. Five smaller stores were reopened in Spring 2007 as YardBIRDS, a Home Depot company. But it was announced they too will close.[2]
Late in January 2009 Home Depot announced the closing of all 5 YardBirds Stores along with the entire EXPO division. The closures were due to mismanagement by the new parent company.
References
- ^ Home Depot acquired Yardbirds
- ^ Home Depot to close Yardbirds, Expo and Design Center stores; liquidation sales start Tuesday, Mercury News, Matt Krupnick, January 26, 2009