COLOGNE, Germany — The international garden fair spoga+gafa is slated to feature more than 2,000 exhibitors from 59 countries this year…
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Down memory lane: industry veteran’s summer reading for the hardware industry
LEWISPORTE, NL — Laurie Blackwood Pike has been a familiar face in the hardware industry in Atlantic Canada for more than four decades…
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Orgill’s Boston dealer market promises more that’s new for Canadian dealers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hardware wholesaler Orgill is preparing for its next Dealer Market, August 24 to 26 in Boston, and it anticipates attendance by hundreds of Canadian independents…
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Fastway Group to purchase Winnipeg’s North American Lumber
TORONTO — A Toronto-based diversified-investment company has just bought up another independent building supply dealer…
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Canadian Tire offers a preview of its Christmas product line
TORONTO — Canadian Tire hosted its annual Christmas in July event last week. Reporters were invited in from the heat to an event space in Toronto’s west end where the Canadian Tire team was showcasing its Christmas décor, ornaments, and trees, as well as new products from its Canvas home furnishings line…
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Ace Hardware’s latest hires draw from big box DNA
OAK BROOK, Ill. — The dealer-owned co-ops are stepping up their executive ranks, on both sides of the border…
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Newfoundland and Labrador dealer Notre Dame Agencies adds 10th location
LEWISPORTE, NL ― Notre Dame Agencies, a large independent dealer in Newfoundland and Labrador, has purchased its 10th retail location, the former Warr’s Castle Building Centre in Springdale, NL…
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Could Ace Hardware buy True Value in the U.S.?
CHICAGO — According to a Bloomberg report last week, True Value Co. is “considering a sale that could value the home-improvement store chain at about $800 million.”…
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Lowe’s Canada CEO: ignore online at your peril
TORONTO — What a customer uses a computer or mobile device for while undertaking a home improvement project depends on what point they are at in a project…
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Shades of Ikea: Target and Amazon expand their private-label hardlines brands
SPECIAL REPORT ― As traditional hardware retailers fight to defend their market share against e-retailers, a growing number of private-label brands is also seeking a piece of the pie…