April’s national inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), dropped to 2.7 percent year over year, StatCan reported last week…

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Canadian Tire Corp. felt the pinch in its first quarter as consumers held back on discretionary spending…

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The Home Depot reported first-quarter financials that underscored how the retail home improvement industry remained stalled well into 2024…

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RONA inc.’s commitment to its independent, or affiliated, dealers remains intact following the company’s takeover at the beginning of 2023 by a New York-based private equity company, Sycamore Partners…

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The latest effort to unionize at a Canadian facility that is part of a U.S. retail chain is currently underway…

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Kevin Macnab, president and CEO of Home Hardware Stores Ltd., announced last week his intention to retire…

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McMunn & Yates, the home improvement chain based in Dauphin, Man., has 22 stores in western Canada, with 16 of them in its home province of Manitoba…

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A new report by consumer affairs magazine Protégez-Vous ranks Quebec’s hardware chains in terms of customer satisfaction, and smaller firms occupy the top of the list…

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Canadian Tire Corp. has seen tremendous growth in its loyalty program, Triangle Rewards, and that growth was spurred by the rise in online selling through Covid…

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Home Depot Canada is currently getting its newest facility up and running at full capacity to fill in an important part of its supply chain…

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