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. Their trademark colors were yellow and white. Their

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was a white

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with yellow overalls. These stores were not affiliated with the

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stores based out of

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that used a black bird with a yellow beak as its mascot. Yardbirds had stores throughout the Bay Area in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Fairfield, Concord, Martinez, San Rafael, Vacaville, San Pablo, Vallejo, Alamo and Rohnert Park. The chain was purchased by

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in 2005 and the stores were closed for remodeling.Home Depot acquired Yardbirds
/ref> Two reopened as Home Depots, while three were closed permanently. Five smaller stores were reopened in Spring 2007 as YardBIRDS, a Home Depot company, but have since closed.Home Depot to close Yardbirds, Expo and Design Center stores; liquidation sales start Tuesday
Mercury News, Matt Krupnick, January 26, 2009 Late in January 2009 Home Depot announced the closing of all 5 YardBirds Stores along with the entire EXPO division. John Morrison Headley, founder of Yardbirds, died in 2012.

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