Yardbirds Home Center

Yardbirds Home Center is a defunct chain of home improvement stores 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, 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

  1. ↑ Home Depot acquired Yardbirds
  2. ↑ Home Depot to close Yardbirds, Expo and Design Center stores; liquidation sales start Tuesday, Mercury News, Matt Krupnick, January 26, 2009
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