1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain, CT 06053 T (860) 225 5111

October 26, 2021

Via EDGAR

Ms. Heather Clark and Ms. Melissa Gilmore

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Manufacturing

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F. Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

Filed February 18, 2021

File No. 001-05224

Dear Ms. Clark and Ms. Gilmore:

We are writing in response to the letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) dated September 30, 2021 (the “Comment Letter”) in which the Staff of the Commission requested certain information regarding our most recent 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filings. As discussed with Ms. Clark, we are respectfully requesting an additional extension until November 10, 2021 to respond to the Comment Letter.

If you have any questions pertaining to the extension request, please feel free to contact me at (860) 827-3858, or Jocelyn Belisle, Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, at (860) 827-3969.

Sincerely,

/s/ DONALD ALLAN, JR.

Donald Allan, Jr.

President and Chief Financial Officer