Throwback Thursday is a regular weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
Orgill was about to grow exponentially in Canada when we reported a record-breaking 2014 Fall Market for the distributor in Chicago. “As ever, the lion’s share of Canadian dealers came from Castle Building Centres, the buying group that Orgill formed its first agreement with on arriving in Canada. But other banners were represented, as well, reflecting the current turbulence in the Canadian market.”
That “turbulence” was especially focused on the hardware supply to lumber dealers. Indeed, a big transition in hardlines distribution was about to occur. A year later, in August 2015, Orgill bought the assets of most of Chalifour Canada’s distribution, owned at the time by TIMBER MART. That brought the American distributor ownership of Chalifour’s London, Ont., DC and the inventory in Chalifour’s Surrey, B.C. warehouse.
