Karp’s joins Rocky’s Ace Hardware
Rocky’s Ace Hardware one of the country’s largest family-owned Ace Hardware dealers, now with 38 stores, has acquired Karp’s Ace Hardware in Stamford, Connecticut.
“Our customers will continue to receive the same exceptional customer service from the Karp’s current staff, and we look forward to bringing increase product selection to our customers,” said Rocky’s Ace Hardware President Rocco Falcone.
After 97 years of business, Karp’s third generation owners Marc and David Fogel took the time to find a company that had the same values of “customer first service” for their Stamford community.
Rocky’s Ace Hardware said it is well known in all its communities as the local neighborhood hardware store.
“We plant roots in each of our neighborhood locations and intend to maintain the community focus established by the previous owners,” said Falcone.
“My grandfather opened our first location in Springfield, Mass. in 1926, and we have been in continuous operation under the same family ownership for three generations,” said Falcone.
Rocky’s was founded by Rocco “Rocky” J. Falcone as a mom-and pop business, the company said. Then in 1966, Rocco’s son James began to run the business. He expanded in the 1970s and 80s, and along the way became an Ace Hardware dealer. Currently, James Falcone remains chairman of Rocky’s, while his son, Rocco J. Falcone II, serves as president.
Today, Rocky’s specializes in paint, hardware, lawn and garden, and grilling, the hardware said, and its staff is fully trained in all areas so they can answer all paint, power, home preservation and grilling questions.
The hardware offers top of the line manufacturers like Benjamin Moore, STIHL, DeWalt, Milwaukee, Carhartt, Traeger and Weber and many more.
From one store, the company said, to now 38 convenient locations throughout Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, Rocky’s has become one of the country’s largest Ace Hardware dealers.
Rocky’s Ace Hardware has been celebrating its 95-year anniversary in business throughout 2021.
“Our tagline is ‘experience the difference,’” said Falcone. “And we invite the Stamford community to do so.”