SPECIAL REPORT — Barrie, Ont.-based CanSave is one of the shrinking breed of regional hardlines and building materials distributors that has withstood the industry’s tumultuous consolidation.
Another is Coast Distributors, which since 1968 has sold a range of hardlines to dealers on Vancouver Island and in lower British Columbia. And it’s done so in the face of what Coast’s sales manager Brad McCluskie characterizes as…
