HARDLINES Canada's electronic information service for the home improvement industry August 13, 2001 Michael McLarney, Editor & Publisher Phone: 416.489.3396 Fax: 416.489.6154   email: mike@hardlines.ca   hardlines.ca * * * * * * SUMMER PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: This week I'm at the National Hardware Show in Chicago. So Hardlines will not publish on August 13th or August 27th. But don't worry, the World Headquarters remain open as we get ready for our gala two-day Hardlines Conference event September 12-13. -- MM * * * * * * (If you‚re a retailer, please disregard the following, or pass it along to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks!-- MM) HARDLINES QUARTERLY REPORT, in association with PEAK ASSOCIATES INC., is pleased to announce our first ever Annual Executive Compensation Survey for Canadian Home Improvement Manufacturing Executives.   This Survey is part of our initiative to develop meaningful research on our industry, the results which appear in each issue of our new newsletter, Hardlines Quarterly Report.   In order to ensure accuracy and confidentiality, individual company survey information and subsequent results will only be discussed with the authorized senior contact at each participating company, or their designate. Positions to be covered include the following functional areas:   Manufacturer / Agent VP / Director, Sales & Marketing VP / Director, Marketing VP / Director / National Sales Manager National Account Manager Marketing Manager   For each position, the survey will track base compensation, cash benefits, bonus, stock options, or other profit-sharing plans. Results are aggregated with only the Low, High, Median and Mean values disclosed. Information will not be disclosed on any individual company. A worksheet is enclosed to help you compile your company's data.   Peak Associates will compile the results by mid-September and present them to survey participants immediately thereafter to allow for 2002 resource planning.   Summarized results will also be available exclusively to subscribers of the HARDLINESú Quarterly Report in the 2001 4Q Edition.   Click here to view the questionnaire. It's really simple. Then participate in complete confidence by calling Rick Matthews, Peak   Associates Inc., at 416-979-7303 ext 230; matthews@peakassociates.com     Thanks, Michael   PS: Peak Associates is a member of: - Canadian Hardware & Housewares Manufacturers Association - Canadian Marketing Association - Canadian Professional Sales Association - National Personnel Associates ______________________________________________ Hardlines is published weekly (except monthly in December and August) by McLARNEYCOM 542 Mount Pleasant Rd., Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 2M7 © 2001 by Michael McLarney. HARDLINESú the electronic newsletter hardlines.ca Phone: 416.489.3396; Fax: 416.489.6154   Michael McLarney, Editor & Publisher: mike@hardlines.ca Eugenia Canas, Assistant Editor: buzz@hardlines.ca Beverly Allen, Marketing Manager: bev@hardlines.ca Nancy Wright, Circulation Manager: nancy@hardlines.ca   ______________________________________________ THE HARDLINES FAIR PLAY POLICY: Reproduction in whole or in part is very uncool and strictly forbidden and really and truly against the law. So please, play fair! Call for information on multiple subscriptions or a site license for your company. We do want as many people as possible to read Hardlines each week ˆ but let us handle your internal routing from this end! ______________________________________________ Subscription: $199+$13.93 GST = $212.93 (or $29.85 HST = $228.85) per year (GST #13987 0398 RT). Secondary subscriptions at the same office are only $28 + $1.96 GST = $29.98. You can pay online by VISA at our secure website or send us money. Please make cheque payable to McLarneyCom.   HARDLINES Canada's electronic information service for the home improvement industry August 13, 2001 Michael McLarney, Editor & Publisher Phone: 416.489.3396 Fax: 416.489.6154   email: mike@hardlines.ca   hardlines.ca * * * * * * SUMMER PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: This week I'm at the National Hardware Show in Chicago. So Hardlines will not publish on August 13th or August 27th. But don't worry, the World Headquarters remain open as we get ready for our gala two-day Hardlines Conference event September 12-13. -- MM * * * * * * (If you‚re a retailer, please disregard the following, or pass it along to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks!-- MM) HARDLINES QUARTERLY REPORT, in association with PEAK ASSOCIATES INC., is pleased to announce our first ever Annual Executive Compensation Survey for Canadian Home Improvement Manufacturing Executives.   This Survey is part of our initiative to develop meaningful research on our industry, the results which appear in each issue of our new newsletter, Hardlines Quarterly Report.   In order to ensure accuracy and confidentiality, individual company survey information and subsequent results will only be discussed with the authorized senior contact at each participating company, or their designate. Positions to be covered include the following functional areas:   Manufacturer / Agent VP / Director, Sales & Marketing VP / Director, Marketing VP / Director / National Sales Manager National Account Manager Marketing Manager   For each position, the survey will track base compensation, cash benefits, bonus, stock options, or other profit-sharing plans. Results are aggregated with only the Low, High, Median and Mean values disclosed. Information will not be disclosed on any individual company. A worksheet is enclosed to help you compile your company's data.   Peak Associates will compile the results by mid-September and present them to survey participants immediately thereafter to allow for 2002 resource planning.   Summarized results will also be available exclusively to subscribers of the HARDLINESú Quarterly Report in the 2001 4Q Edition.   Click here to view the questionnaire. It's really simple. Then participate in complete confidence by calling Rick Matthews, Peak   Associates Inc., at 416-979-7303 ext 230; matthews@peakassociates.com     Thanks, Michael   PS: Peak Associates is a member of: - Canadian Hardware & Housewares Manufacturers Association - Canadian Marketing Association - Canadian Professional Sales Association - National Personnel Associates ______________________________________________ Hardlines is published weekly (except monthly in December and August) by McLARNEYCOM 542 Mount Pleasant Rd., Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 2M7 © 2001 by Michael McLarney. HARDLINESú the electronic newsletter hardlines.ca Phone: 416.489.3396; Fax: 416.489.6154   Michael McLarney, Editor & Publisher: mike@hardlines.ca Eugenia Canas, Assistant Editor: buzz@hardlines.ca Beverly Allen, Marketing Manager: bev@hardlines.ca Nancy Wright, Circulation Manager: nancy@hardlines.ca   ______________________________________________ THE HARDLINES FAIR PLAY POLICY: Reproduction in whole or in part is very uncool and strictly forbidden and really and truly against the law. So please, play fair! Call for information on multiple subscriptions or a site license for your company. We do want as many people as possible to read Hardlines each week ˆ but let us handle your internal routing from this end! ______________________________________________ Subscription: $199+$13.93 GST = $212.93 (or $29.85 HST = $228.85) per year (GST #13987 0398 RT). Secondary subscriptions at the same office are only $28 + $1.96 GST = $29.98. You can pay online by VISA at our secure website or send us money. Please make cheque payable to McLarneyCom.