[1] By 1972, the company operated 30 stores in California, Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma.
It made an initial offering in November, which led to Daylin, Inc. owning 81% of Handy Dan.
[2] Daylin filed for bankruptcy in February 1975, though its subsidiaries were not included in the Chapter 11 proceedings.
[4] Bernard Marcus was CEO of Handy Dan in 1978 when he was fired along with company vice president Arthur Blank amid a corporate power struggle with Daylin CEO Sanford C. Sigoloff.
[8] Handy Dan played a major role in getting Texas's religion-based blue laws repealed in 1984 by opening on Sunday and using white price stickers for goods that could be sold seven days a week, and blue price stickers for items that could not be sold on Sunday.