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NASHVILLE, Tenn: 11/8/2007

Hickory Hardware Named "Category Captain" of Decorative Hardware for The Home Depot's New Design Center Stores


Company featured prominently in new upscale, showroom-style stores

(NASHVILLE, Tenn., USA: Nov. 8, 2007) Hickory Hardware™ (www.hickoryhardware.com), North America's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of decorative, functional and industrial hardware, has been named "category captain" of decorative hardware for The Home Depot®'s new Design Center pilot stores. The Home Depot Design Centers are located in Charlotte, N.C. and Concord, Calif., and feature a showroom layout with upscale furnishings and fixtures.

As category captain, Hickory Hardware designed and installed 80 feet of cabinet hardware displays using its Gallery Merchandiser design. Hickory Hardware products comprise 24 feet of the display unit and the remaining space features other manufacturers' products.

The Home Depot — the world's largest home improvement retailer — also contracted Hickory Hardware to design and manufacture new special order display boards for its Design Center stores. The new display boards feature the products on the front of a board that is mounted on a spinning bracket. Information and details for each product can be found on the reverse side. The display contains a total of 57 special order boards, including 18 that showcase Hickory Hardware products.

In addition, Hickory Hardware is featured in each Design Center's door hardware department, with 16 feet of merchandising space displaying its Designer Collection door hardware.

For sales or marketing information, contact Hickory Hardware toll-free at (877) 556-2918, or at (615) 687-6300 outside of the United States, or e-mail customerservice@hickoryhardware.com.

For media information, contact Lauren A. Frohne, public relations, Koroberi, Inc. (www.koroberi.com), by phone at (919) 945-0525 or by e-mail at lauren@koroberi.com.