Home Depot Canada was a regular fixture in our news pages even 20 years ago. Home Depot had acquired the Aikenhead’s big box chain from Molson Cos. in February, 1995, and began opening stores at a rate of nearly one per month. Home Depot Canada president Stephen Bebis was forecasting that sales would more than double that year. On the independent front, Sodisco-Howden was expanding its Novico hardware banner outside of Quebec. By this time in 1995, there were 225 Novico-bannered dealers across the country. Take a minute to read from our HARDLINES archives!
