The store moved to the Stop & Shop Plaza in Hadley in 1983 after opening in Amherst 70 years ago.
HADLEY - Aubuchon Hardware, which has been a fixture first in Amherst and then in Hadley, since just before the start of World War II closed Monday because of declining sales.
The store moved to the Stop & Shop Plaza here in 1983 from Amherst, said Nikki Maselli, who works in the marketing department for the chain.
“With much regret, the Aubuchon Hardware Company announces the closing of their Hadley location. For the past 70 years, the company took pleasure in serving the hardware needs of the town of Hadley and its surrounding communities,” according to a press release.
In recent years, Home Depot and Lowe’s home improvement stores have opened in town.
“It absolutely had an effect on sales,” said Steve Gasco, director of home office and field personnel, of those openings.
The store had four employees, three now have jobs in other Aubuchon stores, the fourth is looking to do something different, Gasco said.
The chain has 121 stores in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Upstate New York including stores in Greenfield, Easthampton and Turners Fall.
Aubuchon Hardware was founded in 1908 by William E. Aubuchon, Sr.