September 30 2013

  • Vendors feeling effects of possible BMR-Coop merger
  • Home Hardware welcomes dealers to Fall Market
  • Dealers show mixed growth entering back half of year
  • True Value show focuses on changes, consumers
  • PLUS: Sears Canada CEO leaves, Home Hardware adds to its dealer development team, neighbours fight proposed Canadian Tire DC, Home Depot shoplifters file class action suit, Home Hardware and Tree Canada partner, Dave Nichol dies, PayPal slow to catch on, retail sales inch up —and more!

September 23 2013

  • TruServ’s Bill Morrison joins Conference as keynote
  • Canadian Tire expands home services
  • Consolidation continues as the big get bigger
  • Home Hardware streamlines inventory
  • PLUS: Sherwin-Williams acquires Comex in U.S. and Canada, Target enters Quebec and Atlantic Canada, Cologne readies for Hardware Fair, wholesale sales increase, U.S. housing starts —and more!

September 16 2013

  • RONA CEO meets with concerned dealers
  • Home improvement retail enjoys another year of growth
  • Vendors say Amazon a big threat to Home Depot
  • PLUS: TORBSA elects board, Canadian Tire REIT floats IPO, Grainger’s August sales, Kingfisher Q2, Dollarama adds stores, Canadian Tire partners with MLSE, Castle hosts supplier golf tournament, BSIA to host 75th anniversary show, U.S. retail up in August —and more!

September 9 2013

  • RONA dealers unite to seek transparency, accountability
  • Castle Atlantic Buying Expo marks seven years
  • CTR goes high-tech with in-store kiosk, location-based app
  • Retailers say organized crime is on the rise
  • PLUS: LP buys Ainsworth, Sears sponsors for cancer, PPG Marine Coatings now at Dulux stores, Costco reports year end, TJ Flood and Gregg Hicks at Canadian Tire, July construction spending in the U.S. —and more!

September 2 2013

  • TIM-BR MART: Update on review of operations and leadership
  • Kent opens largest store in a decade
  • Big-box chains boost earnings in second quarter
  • Orgill Market sees increase in Canadian attendance
  • RONA to prune house brands
  • Retailers say organized crime is on the rise
  • PLUS: a new brand mark for WRLA, Werner launches multicultural initiatives, Walmart Canada opens first Maritime Supercentre, WD-40 celebrates 60th, EDI for Kent, Grainger acquires E&R, Lowe’s suffers loss in Australia, Masters hardware division, U.S. housing sales —and more!
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