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Home Depot’s King Of The Hill Wd-40 Partnership Was Fantastic

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Home Depot and WD-40 launched a limited edition King of the Hill collector’s can product earlier this year.

The Hank Hill cutouts and King of the Hill cans made me smile.

From what I have seen recently, there is an abundance of cans still available at just about every Home Depot store.

Looking online, my closest Home Depot store has over 3,500 in stock. The next-closest store has over 2200. The other one I often go to has more than 2900.

From the Home Depot inventory counts, there are over 20,000 of these special edition King of the Hill WD-40 cans within a 10-mile radius.

The collaborated launched last Spring. They first teased about it in March, 8 months ago.

From a business standpoint, was this a failure? Frankly, I think that’s a strong possibility.

But as a consumer, even though I didn’t buy any, this felt like a wholesome and fun partnership.

I think it was great, but I’m worried this will be treated as a failure that will influence Home Depot’s future interests and the opportunities they agree to.