Black+Decker
Consumer power tools. Big-box retailer staple.
Status: Avoid
- Founded
- 1910
- Website
- blackanddecker.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China,Various
- Ownership type
- Conglomerate subsidiary
- Parent
- Stanley Black & Decker
Ownership
Consumer division of Stanley Black & Decker. Positioned explicitly below DeWalt.
Why Avoid
Built to a price point, not a quality standard. No longer the Black & Decker that built the category.
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