KIDRON Don’t read too much into the disappearance of the big Lehman’s sign outside the store.
Yes, store ownership is changing hands. But the sign being down has nothing to do with Monday s announcement that Hartville Hardware owner HRM Enterprises is buying the popular Wayne County store.
Consider the temporary removal of the sign to be “some bad timing, said Glenda Lehman Ervin, vice president of marketing for Lehman’s
“We had the big sign taken down to be refurbished … We didn’t even think of it,” she said.
HRM Enterprises plans to bring Lehman’s into its family of businesses that include Hartville Hardware, Hartville Kitchen, Hartville Marketplace, and Top Advantage Surfaces in Stark County. Internally, Lehman’s is calling the acquisition a “partnership,” according to Ervin.