- BMR’s executive realignment will support a “full transformation” of the group
- Canadian Tire’s new strategy involves shift to operating company, expanded loyalty
- Hudson’s Bay starts liquidations. Will it be enough to save its six remaining stores?
- Home Depot’s interconnected strategy gains ground with AI, driving Q4 online sales
- PLUS: TIMBER MART hires Joel Kakoske as regional director for the Prairies, Tando names regional sales manager, new BMR dealer in Hardlines podcast, Canadian Tire joins loyalty programs with RBC, RONA dealer buys store in Mont-Tremblant, Home Hardware announces BeautiTone Colour of the Year, retail sales drop, and more!
- Know someone who’s out of work? We can help with job searches and recruitment
- National Hardware Show shows shift in how the world is doing business
- Pending closures of HBC locations creates hole in Canadian retail—and real estate
- Canadian Tire’s digital tech exec talks e-commerce at DX3 Canada Conference
- PLUS: Kent adds “Made in Canada” to price labels, Watson adds Central Ontario location, Canac joins “Well Made Here,” IKEA breaks ground on DC in Ontario, Canadian lumber’s quality considered an advantage, Home Depot Kilz it, existing home sales drop, housing starts off, and more!
- Building products consultant offers tariffs warning for Canadian vendors
- ABSDA brings together Atlantic dealers and vendors
- After more than three centuries, Hudson’s Bay Company fights off bankruptcy
- Walmart Canada’s latest initiatives should have home improvement dealers on alert
- PLUS: RONA will showcase Canadian-made products endorsed by Well Made Here, Home Depot’s online sales soar in Q4, FCL buys Victoria-based trucking company, Canfor reports net loss, building permits slip in January, Sobeys parent sees comp sales climb, GMS sees Q3 net sales rise, 7-Eleven in talks with Couche-Tard, Saint-Gobain Canada CEO’s acquisition legacy, and more!
- Tariffs force the hand of Canadian government, but effects will hurt both countries
- Home Depot Canada has a new president as Mike Rowe moves to Atlanta
- Orgill CEO shares concerns about tariffs, weak Canadian dollar at Spring Market
- BMR promotes all-Canadian status at parent company’s year-end meeting
- PLUS: Atlantic buying show draws industry to Halifax, Federated Co-op’s annual meeting, Taiga reports Q4 results, loyalty program impacts Loblaw’s profits, Irish retailer joins same group as BMR and Kent, lessons from a coffee shop, Alimentation Couche-Tard’s ambition to acquire 7-Eleven, and more!
- As tariffs were set to take effect this week, fallout continues across the industry
- Home Depot, Lowe’s post mixed quarterly and year-end results
- New CEO at UFA shares his take on tariffs and Canada’s changing retail landscape
- Despite cross-border unrest, Orgill’s Spring Market is a draw for Canadian dealers
- PLUS: BMR hosts its annual contractors’ event, new Home Hardware member in Saskatchewan, new Western region sales manager at Robertson, Al D’Addese joins Doman Building Materials, heavy snow collapses this store’s roof, Walmart launches customer-testing program, what’s next for anti-dumping duties on softwood lumber, Napoleon advertises its all-Canadian status, RCC’s annual conference coming up, retail sales increase, and more!
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