- A panel of top buyers will discuss product trends at this year’s Hardlines Conference
- TIMBER MART’s John Morrissey is moving on. He leaves a mighty legacy
- Federated Co-op launches its own value-priced retail format. It’s called Essentials
- Canadian Tire banks on loyalty customers, owned brands
- PLUS: RONA Foundation launches fundraising campaign, feds cut prime rate, Lowe’s renews contract with NFL, GMS acquires Florida GSD, former Lumber Liquidators files for bankruptcy, Loblaw wraps up test that allowed cashiers to sit down, Walmart in Mississauga attempts to unionize, and more!
- Registration is open for the 29th annual Hardlines Conference. Please join us!
- UFA relocates with bigger store in Alberta’s Gasoline Alley
- Strong pro sales temper DIY headwinds at Lowe’s
- NHPA’s retailer convention confronts challenges of a slow market
- PLUS: New owners for Montreal’s Cobra Anchors, Home Depot down to skeleton inventory, Matériaux Pont-Masson celebrates 45th, Costco’s next location confirmed, Loblaw rolls out value-based “no name” stores, stores damaged by severe weather, retail sales, and more!
- Former Titan CEO Doug Skrepnek is back—and he’s partnering with Castle
- Castle CEO Ken Jenkins sees big growth for his group’s GSD members
- Canadian Tire results softened by pressure on urban consumers
- Subsidiaries buoy Home Depot’s Q2 sales as consumers remain cautious
- PLUS: New POS financing provider for RONA, AD reports member sales, Grainger reports Q2 earnings, Red Apple takes over dollar stores, Menards recognized, Taiga’s Q2 sales, Weyerhaeuser posts quarterly profits, Western Forest Products suffers Q2 loss, WernerCo gets a new name, Stanley Black & Decker reports Q2 loss, building permits fall in June, and way more!
- BMR and Lee Valley Tools execs will take to the podium at our Hardlines Conference
- RONA affiliate dealers add more stores, this time in Ottawa and Oka
- Cloverdale Paint Inc. expands industrial range through new distribution agreement, personnel
- Ace plans to open 200 more stores in its 100th year. How many will be Canadian?
- PLUS: Walmart’s no-carbon trucks, Weston’s quarterly results, Tractor Supply’s comp sales, Sleep Country’s sell-off, West Fraser’s headwinds, consumers feel the heat, Canfor’s new boss, appointment at Home Depot Canada Foundation, and more!
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