United States : Tandy Leather Factory to Open Retail Store in Minnesota

Tandy Leather Factory Inc announced that its new Tandy Leather retail store opens next week in St. Paul, MN. This new store completes the company's twelve planned store openings in 2006 and brings the number of Tandy Leather retail stores to 62. The store will be located at 1614 White Bear Avenue.



Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wray Thompson, commented, "We have been pleased with the performance of our Minneapolis store and expect similar results from the St. Paul store. Jason Pate, a 15-year leatherworker who managed stores for the former Tandy Leather for 6 years, will be managing the store."



Tandy Leather Factory Inc, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products as The Leather Factory through its wholesale distribution centers and as Tandy Leather Company through its retail stores.

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