China
Most hardware stores in China, whether in the city or rural areas, are small, family-owned, non-franchise companies. They provide similar products to Western hardware stores, including plumbing and electrical supplies, tools, and some housewares. Unlike the West, they do not normally carry lumber, fishing supplies, gardening products, or boating supplies. Some rural hardware stores do supply animal feed, such as chicken feed.
Common to most non-Western countries, China has specialty hardware stores, dedicated to selling products in a particular category. These stores are usually grouped together in a district, often alongside groups of other specialty hardware stores, which are also grouped together. Examples are groups of stores that specialize in:
- Chain, carrying different sizes of chain, couplings, lifting hooks, cutters, etc.
- Generators and compressors, selling parts, hoses, plus products and tools related the maintenance and repair of generators and compressors.
- Tubing and metal rods, carrying products of various sizes and materials.
- Large power tools, with accessories.
- Electrical wire and wire rope, also selling electrical switches, fuse boxes, and wire rope sockets, clamps, and thimbles.
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