Lowe’s Canada has released its 2020 Canada Corporate Responsibility Highlights. Following the release earlier this year of the company’s 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, this document illustrates the trajectory of Lowe’s Canada’s sustainability goals…
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The easing of lockdown measures has customers returning to stores, but retailers continue to face pressures on their bottom lines, according to the Globe and Mail…
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The LBM buying groups are a unique beast in Canada. They have no direct parallel in other markets, like the U.S…
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In a bid to stem the post-pandemic labour shortage, employers are offering a variety of incentives to potential workers…
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The 25th annual Hardlines Conference is ready to go live this year. The event, which was cancelled due to COVID in 2020, will return to a face-to-face setting this year, as restrictions are lifted and vaccine rollouts continue…
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This year’s Hardlines Conference has just confirmed two more speakers, a virtual alpha and omega of retail experience on one stage…
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Lumber prices have plummeted by 70 percent in just eight weeks, as the price of two-by-fours made from western spruce, pine, and fir (SPF) reached US$485 for 1,000 board feet last week…
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To keep its outside salespeople connected in the field, Quebec-based retailer Patrick Morin is still sending its people out to job sites for major projects…
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Matériaux Pont-Masson is moving its seven stores to BMR’s banner. Founded in 1979 by Monique and Richard Bailey, Matériaux Pont-Masson serves Quebec (Mirabel, Rigaud, Roxboro, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, and Valleyfield) and eastern Ontario (Alfred and Casselman)…
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