FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Dec. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF) today announced that it has opened a new retail store in Johnston, RI. The store will operate under the name Tandy Leather and officially opens for business today.

Shannon Greene, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Despite the challenging retail environment, we are moving forward with our store expansion plans. This store is our first in Rhode Island and the third store opened this quarter. We are excited to further develop our Rhode Island customer base by establishing a local presence from which we can share our passion for leathercraft.”

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.tandyleather.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products through its 27 Leather Factory stores, located in 18 states and 3 Canadian provinces, 84 Tandy Leather retail stores, located in 38 states and 6 Canadian provinces, and four combination wholesale/retail stores located in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Spain. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq with the symbol "TLF". To be included on Tandy Leather Factory’s email distribution list, go to http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1625&to=ea&s=0.