After more than a year of planning, Home Hardware Stores Ltd. has gone live with its rollout of its new loyalty program, Scene+…
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Scene+ promises big data for Home Hardware Stores—plus sector exclusivity
Customer data is a big part of retailer loyalty programs, which is why Home Hardware’s adoption of Scene+ is such big news…
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Retail leaders by region are mapped out in our new Market Share Report
Did you know that Quebec is the province with the most building centres in Canada?…
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Lee Valley Tools’ new automated picking system goes live today
With its roots as a mail-order catalogue company since its inception 45 years ago, Lee Valley Tools has traditionally had a strong remote-order capacity…
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Meet our conference experts: RONA, Federated Co-op, digital leaders
“You have to evolve. If you don’t, Darwin’s theory kicks in and you’ll die out.”…
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RONA closes two more stores as it winds down the Lowe’s banner
With Lowe’s departure from Canada and new ownership for RONA inc., that retailer is carefully evaluating its store inventory at its 61 Lowe’s-bannered locations (many of which have been already switched to a new banner: RONA+, see below)…
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Celebrating 45 years, Lee Valley is still growing—and still having fun
Since its inception in 1978, Lee Valley Tools remains a family business. The company has 18 specialty hardware, tool, garden, and specialty products stores across Canada…
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Home Depot targets millennials with a new online how-to portal
The Home Depot has launched an online portal to target millennials—generally defined as people born between 1981 and 1996 (currently 27 to 42 years old)…
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The 2023 Hardlines Conference is less than 8 weeks away
The 2023 Hardlines Conference is taking place at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler in partnership with BSIA of BC. The event will take place October 17-18, 2023.
For more information visit www.hardlinesconference.ca
Finding the latest news at Hardlines: the stories behind the stories
We got an email at the World Headquarters last week asking which Lowe’s stores are closing in Canada…
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