LONDON, Ont. — Orgill Canada’s takeover of Chalifour Canada is now official, at least to look at the former Chalifour warehouse…
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Canadian Tire dials back installed services
TORONTO — Canadian Tire stores managed to push sales up 1.5% in its third quarter, with same-store sales up 3.4%, reflecting strong seasonal and non-seasonal sales and a shift in sales mix, as the company’s installed business was pared back to re-focus on products that are sold exclusively within Canadian Tire stores…
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Maritime DC one of a series of turning points for Home Hardware
TORONTO — Home Hardware Stores saw growth through a series of turning points, one of which was the construction of a distribution centre in Debert, N.S., almost four decades ago…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: This week in 1995
Amidst a slow economy, TIM-BR MART Group invests in more store design services for its members. The move is aimed at modernizing their stores, with an emphasis on core categories and heavier branding for the TIM-BR MART name. The group’s sister buying group in Atlantic Canada, AWARD, was using the program already. Plus: a report on the upcoming Canadian Hardware Show, which was to be held at the Canadian National Exhibition. Click here to read these blasts from the past! (This section has been a special look back during our anniversary year. Please let me know if you’d like us to continue with “From the Archives” in 2016. Send me an email with your vote!―Michael)
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Home Depot profit soars on solid sales, digital growth
ATLANTA ― For its third quarter, Home Depot reported sales of $21.8 billion, a 6.4% increase from the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Comparable store sales for the period were up 5.1%…
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Castle president talks competition, North American market
TORONTO — Some of the best competition for independents in the last 20 years has come from big box stores, acknowledges Ken Jenkins…
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Lowe’s Canada reports strong Q3 comp sales
MOORESVILLE, N.C. ― Lowe’s Cos. has reported third-quarter net earnings of $736 million, a 25.8% increase over the same period a year ago…
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PM’s aging house could become Canada’s highest profile reno
OTTAWA — Mike Holmes and Bryan Baeumler are among the contractors making known their interest in fixing up the prime minister’s dilapidated official residence…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: This week in 1995
Don Nash was president of Homecare Building Centres, the Ontario buying group that would later merge with TIM-BR MART in the West. In this issue from the archives, HARDLINES reports on Nash’s presentation to members of the Canadian Hardware and Housewares Manufacturers Association. Also in that issue: the ex-president of Canadian Tire takes over the ailing White Rose Nurseries chain and Weber Supply’s Jack Weber introduces more computerized innovation. Click here to read these blasts from the past!
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RONA’s third-quarter sales dip on increased profits
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. — Consolidated revenues for RONA in its third quarter totalled $1.16 billion, down from $1.17 billion in the third quarter of 2014…