Kovarik Hardware in Binghamton will be dropping its True Value branding. Here's how long gift cards will still be valid.

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- True Value Hardware is closing its Westlake facility and preparing to layoff dozens of employees, months after it was bought by hardware wholesale competitor Do It Best Corporation.

Kovarik Hardware Co. in Binghamton has chosen to drop its True Value affiliation. The store will now be known as Kovarik Hardware Co. and will be supplied by Emery Jensen, an ACE distributor.