I thought it was Stanley - Black & Decker that bought the Craftsman division. The local Lowe's just recently ran a "Welcome Craftsman" event. I was pleased to see that, even with the lessening of build quality - at least that vestige of Sears will live on in more successful companies. Plus, I never did warm up to the Kobalt hand tools at Lowes.
It is Stanley and Sears is selling Kenmore on Amazon.
They will be reduced to home customer service and then maybe claw their way back, or not.
Take a look at this:
"Part of the delay in getting Craftsman tools into Lowe's is the fact that Stanley Black & Decker is shifting Craftsman production back from overseas plants to U.S. facilities. It has announced plans for a new U.S. factory to build Craftsman products at a location yet to be announced."
Kobolt tools are made by Snap-On. What’s not to like?
Yep, B&D now owns Craftsman.
Craftsman is sold at my local Ace Hardware as well.
Now That B&D owns it, you will probably see them at all retail outlets.
Will they honor the ‘lifetime’ guarantee?
As for Kobalt, I have bought a few of the tools, they’re ok, but like you said, I never warmed up to them...............
Now you can buy Craftsman at four places:
Sears (for a while), K-Mart (same), Lowes and Ace Hardware.
I would assume that WalMart will be selling them at some point......................