US specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, and saddle and tack hardware Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. has announced that it expects to open two new Tandy Leather retail stores in early January 2006. The stores will be located in Raleigh, N.C. and Lubbock, Texas and will be the first of 12 planned store openings in 2006 and bring the number of Tandy Leather retail stores to 52.