QUEBEC CITY — Last week, Groupe BMR’s 2015 buying show welcomed its dealers at the Quebec City Convention Centre, where 500 partners and suppliers gathered to showcase their products…
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CanWel makes change to new EWP supplier with care
BLAINEVILLE, Que. — CanWel Building Materials Division, the national lumber and building materials wholesaler, has recently changed one of its key suppliers…
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High-tech is a high priority at Lowe’s
SAN FRANCISCO — A 3D printer in space is just the latest example of how Lowe’s is pursuing retail innovation through technology.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: This week in 1995
Following its acquisition of 122 Woolco stores a year earlier, Wal-Mart would continue aggressive expansion in Canada at a rate of five new stores a year. It was nipping at the heels of mass merchant market leader Zellers by putting pressure on prices. Plus: Ontario farm co-op Growmark was promoting its “Country Depot” banner at its latest show; and Canadian Tire money moves to Western Canada. Walk through memory lane with us by clicking here!
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Bernie Owens talks frankly about changes at TIM-BR MART
TORONTO ― Bernie Owens admits he’s had to make some tough decisions. But, he noted, in a presentation that kicked off the 20th annual Hardlines Conference, they were necessary ones…
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Lowe’s Canada hosts Quebec vendors
MONTREAL ― A group of 10 buyers, led by Igor Halencak, Lowe’s Canada’s head of merchandising and marketing, convened on the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Montreal last week to meet with Quebec hardware and building materials vendors…
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Taiga announces new manufacturing partner
BURNABY, B.C. — Taiga Building Products has chosen a new manufacturing partner for engineered wood products in Canada…
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Amazon opens its first bricks-and-mortar book store
SEATTLE — The company that was responsible for the demise of so many book stores around the world has launched a book store of its own…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: This week in 1995
HARDLINES started out as a bi-weekly, sent by fax every weekend from a basement that housed the original World Headquarters. Early on we started sending “Fax Extra” editions with breaking news, and the alliance between Ace Hardware and Beaver Lumber was certainly newsworthy. Read about Ace’s second attempt to get into Canada by clicking here right now!
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Castle’s Ken Jenkins stakes future of industry on independents
TORONTO ― Anybody who still wonders why so much of this industry remains in the hands of independents needed only to listen to a recent presentation by Ken Jenkins, president of Castle Building Centres Group Ltd…