Channel Home Centers was a chain of home improvement stores in the northeastern United States.

The company was owned by W.R. Grace until 1986 when Channel's executives bought the company through a Leveraged Buy Out. The purchase included other home centers under W.R. Grace located in the southeastern US.

The company stayed in business until the mid-1990s, when the company was absorbed by Rickel. Nearly all the Channel stores were converted into Rickels, with the ones that were in close vicinity to Rickel stores shuttering altogether. The rest of the stores closed in 1997 when Rickel went out of business. Rickel was a home improvement store chain, but also featured diverse items such as discount clothing, electronics, and patio furniture. ...

Locations included (incomplete list):

Stores were located in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

-Totowa, NJ (Largest Store in Chain))

-Toms River, NJ - Route 37 East, now Stop & Shop (original structure demolished)

-Belleville, NJ - Franklin Avenue; later Rickel

-Flourtown/Erdenheim, PA; later Rickel, then Dollar Tree, being demolished by end of 2007)

-Hamilton Township, NJ, Yardville Hamilton Square Road (Now Cost Cutters)

-Hamilton Square, NJ, Route 33 (Now Staples/Sports World/Big Lots)

-Park Ridge, NJ Ridgemont Shopping Center(ex-Builders Emporium, then Rickel, now Staples)

-Paramus, NJ Route 17 South (Now Barnes & Noble)

-Emerson, NJ Emerson Plaza strip mall, became other retail, demolished 2006)

-Ramsey, NJ, Ramsey Square Route 17 North (Staples)

-Phillipsburg, NJ, Route 22 West (in Hillcrest Mall, much of which is a medical complex as of 2007)

-Nanuet, NY Route 59 East (Was Office Depot, now other retail)

-Middletown, NJ Route 35 (Currently a Staples)

-Wilmington, DE Route 2 (Currently a Best Buy)

-Selden, NY Middle Country Rd. (Currently a Bob's Store)

-Old Bridge, NJ US 9 South Gateway Mall (Currently Marshells)

-Philadelphia, PA Aramingo Ave. (Currently National Wholesale Liquidators)