Throwback Thursday is a regular weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
About 10 years ago we reported that, effective Sept. 2, 2014, Yves Gagnon had stepped down as president of BMR. “Pascal Houle, who came over from La Coop fédérée in March 2014 as executive vice president of BMR,” we wrote, “is currently in charge.”
Pictured is Yves Gagnon with his daughter Geneviève Gagnon, currently president of Groupe Gagnon, a multi-store regional chain in Quebec.
We also summed up Gagnon’s contribution to BMR this way: “Gagnon has shepherded BMR through some dramatic changes over the years, during which time the buying group grew to more than 185 dealers. Those changes included the addition of a full-line distribution business that serves its dealers with hardware and building materials and expansion of the membership beyond the Quebec border. And at the end of this year, BMR completed a merger with La Coop fédérée, which took a 20 percent ownership stake in BMR.”
