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as well as deep Background courtesy of Wikipedia.
BACKSTORY: Harbor Freight Tools, commonly referred to as Harbor Freight, is an American privately held tool and equipment retailer, headquartered in Calabasas, California. It operates a chain of retail stores, as well as an e-commerce business. The company employs over 28,000 people in the United States,[5] and has over 1,500 locations in 48 states.[6][7]
In 1977,[1] Eric Smidt and his father, Allan Smidt, started Harbor Freight and Salvage in a small building in North Hollywood, California. The company began as a mail order tool business that dealt with liquidated and returned merchandise. As the business grew, its name was changed to Harbor Freight Tools. In 1985, Eric Smidt was named president of the company at age 25; he served under that title until 1999, when he became chief executive officer.[8]From the mid-1980s to 2010 Harbor Freight was headquartered in nearby Camarillo, California.
In 1982, Harbor Freight Tools opened its first retail store in Lexington, Kentucky, to sell returned merchandise from its mail order business. The original location was at 1387 East New Circle Road. It later moved to 1301 Winchester Road, Suite 213. The venture proved successful, and Harbor Freight Tools began to open stores across the United States. As of 2024, Harbor Freight Tools operates over 1,500 retail stores in 48 states.[7]
Harbor Freight sells many tools, accessories, and numerous other types of product under in-house brands, sourced directly from manufacturers.[1]
Harbor Freight’s website went online in 1997.[9] It had a modest catalog of products, a brief “About Us” section and an order form for the printed catalog. There were also links to a customer service page with delivery times and return policies. In all, the original site had 10 landing pages. The current Harbor Freight website has over 79,000 indexed pages.[10] The Harbor Freight website had over 31 million monthly visits as of 2023, mostly within the United States, according to Similarweb.[11]
Harbor Freight Tools is headquartered in Calabasas, California. Harbor Freight has distribution space in Camarillo, California; Moreno Valley, California; Dillon, South Carolina; and Joliet, Illinois.[12] It closed a distribution facility in Oxnard, California, in early 2013.
On April 4, 2013, Harbor Freight Tools announced a $75 million expansion project for the Dillon distribution center, which opened on November 22, 2015, adding 1 million square feet to the facility and 200 new jobs.[13][14]
In 2022, Harbor Freight Tools opened a distribution center in Joliet, Illinois, spanning 1.6 million square feet in size and creating 800 new jobs.[13]
In 2023 and 2024, Harbor Freight Tools was certified as a Great Place to Work.[5] According to the Great Place to Work Institute, 90% of employees at Harbor Freight Tools say it is a great place to work compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)
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