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RetailKansas, United States11-50 Employees
Waters Hardware is a regional hardware and home-improvement retailer based in Salina, Kansas. The business traces its roots to 1894 when GE Waters founded GE Waters General Merchandise in Manchester, Kansas, before relocating to Junction City in 1905 and adopting the Waters Hardware name. Over the decades it broadened its offerings to include furniture and appliances and opened a second hardware store in Manhattan in 1932. Today the company operates as Waters True Value, reflecting its long-standing association with the True Value cooperative and its focus on serving communities with home-improvement products. Leadership has remained within the Waters family, with Jim Waters elected president in 1987 and his son Scott serving as vice president since 2010. In 2018, Waters Hardware participated in a community initiative in partnership with a local media outlet to support troops.