Throwback Thursday is a regular weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, on Dec. 13, 1999, we reported that Carl Grittner, president of Revy Home Centres Inc., had announced his company’s intention to enter the Quebec market in 2001.
Maybe that announcement was what attracted RONA’s attention? Anyway, by 2001, RONA bought out Revy, without the retail division of West Fraser Timber Co. having opened a single store in la belle province. On the contrary, RONA’s purchase gave it an entry into western Canada in a big way.
