Throwback Thursday is a weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
Twenty-five years ago, on May 1, 2000, we reported on RONA’s recent investment in e-commerce. “[RONA has] joined with nurun Inc., the information technology division of Quebecor, to expand RONA’s online selling capabilities.
Under the agreement, nurun will provide the tech know-how to develop RONA’s e-commerce hardware business. RONA intends to invest $50 million over five years to underwrite the venture.” We also quoted Robert Dutton, then-president of RONA, who expected the company to eventually sell more than 25,000 products online. RONA had been selling online for about six months, at that point. RONA today says it has more than 350,000 products online.
