- It’s official: Peavey confirms all its stores Canada-wide will close
- Prairie association has a new name and national ambitions
- Tariff realities—industry on alert as Trump expected to be unmoved by logic
- More about WRLA’s rebranding as Supply-Build Canada
- PLUS: New buying group hosts dealer information day, Castle adds member in Ontario, King Marketing’s Paul Crawford retires, Home Depot adds more home delivery options, Robert Rozon appointed at Évolution Structures, Bank of Canada lowers rate, sales up but profits down at Tractor Supply, organized retail theft becoming more brazen, and more!
- Home Improvement industry’s own Norm Caissie invested to the Order of Canada
- Home Depot, Lowe’s provide support for communities destroyed by California wildfires
- International retail leader John Herbert offers a global perspective. It’s mixed
- Cloverdale Paint uses Celanese’s technology to manufacture more sustainable paint
- PLUS: Canadian Tire brings back marketing challenge contest, store in eastern Ontario joins Home Hardware, class-action suit against Home Depot can proceed, Farm Boy’s newest store expands hardlines consumables, CHPTA offers new program of skills training courses, building permits fall, home resales, and more!
- How top retailers are expected to fare in 2024: some up but mostly down
- Peavey’s new financing package will help it rationalize its business, enhance systems
- Castle adds key Quebec commercial dealer group to its membership
- Home Depot, RONA market to pros at Toronto’s builder and contractor show
- PLUS: Marwood buys Fraser’s wood siding business, Nova Scotia Home Hardware dealer buys neighbouring business, Nicholson and Cates adds Cape Cod siding, Toys ‘R’ Us Canada will close five stores, PayMore Stores on expansion track in Canada, Tractor Supply acquires online pet pharmacy supplier, Ace voted number one in Forbes’ ranking, U.S. building construction remains flat, and more!
- Top stories that shaped the industry in 2024: lots of movement at the C-level
- Top stories of 2024, part 2: RONA conversions, Ace exit from Canada dominated news
- Canac reveals plans for its largest store ever, near Montreal
- What’s ahead for home improvement retailing? A mixed bag with mixed messages
- PLUS: RONA buys All-Fab Group, Gagnon acquires Létourneau, Orgill appoints new EVP and COO, Party City in the U.S. files for Chapter 11, Home Hardware’s anniversary edition of Monopoly, new Princess Auto store coming to southern Ontario, RONA affiliate opens new store in Moncton, Ace Hardware names new international president, Courage Inc. named RONA’s agency of record in English Canada, existing home sales rise, U.S. housing starts decline, and more!
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