ARIZOTUA ACTIOTU

HE operation shown on these pages is the third Handy Andy store to be opened in Tucson, Az., to serve the do-it-yourself needs of that rapidly growing Southern Arizona city.

Gib Goodman, gen. mgr., says that "Handy Andy is the Tucson pioneer in do-it-yourself home improvement and we want to continue all services to customers which have diminished in most other operations." He also notes that "with the population expanding at a rate of 2,500 per month, Handy Andy looks to a strong future in this area."

Story at a Glance

Third Handy Andy unit in Tucson sq. ft. . lots of paved parking lively interior store layout multi-service shopping center for additional stores continues.

. 30,000 . . brioht. located iri . planning

Total square footage for the building is 30,000. It is broken down into 15,000 sq. ft. for the showroom, 5;000 sq. ft for the warehouse and 10,000 sq. ft. of outside covered sales area. Located on the north end ofTucson, just across the county line, it is built of masonryo is sprinklered and has a 12'ceiling. It is located in a multi-service shopping center. The new unit opened last Mav.

The store is open seven days a week and draws from the entire Tucson metro area of 400,000 population. It generates AWo of its gross sales from lumber and building material s;4Wo in hardwareo tools, electrical, plumbing and paint; and the balance from housewares, patio and crafts.

Al Schecter, v.p. of Sunset Industries'Arizona div., heads up the five Handy Andy stores in the state, Sunset Lumber Distributors, Prefit Door and Unitruss. Sunset lndustries is a Los Angeles based company that operateso among other things, eight units in California under the Sunset Builders Supply name.

Retail operations manager Goodman is backed up by Bob Hvidston, Tom Adkins and Mike Doener on the management team. The stores in Arizona employ more than 100. Duaine Weaver is the director of purchasing.

The firm has momentum behind it and is optimistic about the future. Goodman says that he is "looking forward to a bigger piece of the Southern Arizona action, with possible further expansion into other areas.