- Young Retailers join Hardlines Conference
- RONA creates support team for independents
- Why RONA dealers wrote a letter to Lowe’s
- Former IRLY CEO now a dealer
- Target will offer rewards debit card in Canada
- PLUS: Castle holds expo and golf tournament, OnSpex in Shanghai achieves EPA accreditation, Kaycan to buy Uniboard, Kilgour now at Eacom, Vereen offers online content service, Ace reports 2Q, Bunnings saves the big prawn —and more!
- Marc Robichaud Award commemorates retail pioneer
- TSC makes changes to executive team
- Housing starts expected to get up over 200,000 in 2012
- Castle dealers look for specials at Orgill market
- RONA unveils new website and app
- PLUS: RONA show will feature new store format, Home Depot defends rock music suit, Target Canada battles union, new hires at DAP Canada, Ace’s Griffith to retire, Costco sales up, lock makers face tough times —and more!
- RONA dealers say “no thanks” to Lowe’s bid
- Big box rivals report differing second-quarter results
- Lowe’s rethinks Rona bid, hires lobbyist
- Kent secures another site
- Canucks find new formats, assortments at Orgill show
- Home Hardware exec goes undercover on TV
- Quebec lumber dealers’ association sides with RONA
- Lowe’s opens second Edmonton store
- PLUS: RONA reports improved sales, Sears Canada down, Futura buys more CanWel, goodbye to Totem name, Uniboard in RONA, changes at Chalifour, Castle dealer supports cyclist —and more!
- Our Special Summer Reading Issue!
- SPECIAL UPDATE ON LOWE’S VS. RONA
- • Exclusive: Lowe’s reveals small-store strategy for Canada
- • When RONA met Lowe’s: a brief history
- • Lowe’s says RONA would remain intact after acquisition
- • Lowe’s Canada breaks ground on new DC
- NEWS ROUNDUP
- • Earnings increase for RONA in second quarter
- • Giant building centre is North America’s largest
- • Back-to-school spending to increase 2.5% in Canada: Ernst & Young
- SPECIAL SUMMER READING SECTION: BRANDS & BRANDING
- • Brand guru affirms power of consistent marketing
- • Mastercraft gets major brand relaunch
- • New look Sears means changes to hardlines
- • Branding snapshot: Home Hardware Stores Ltd.
- PLUS: Home Hardware, CanWel, Alexandria Moulding, Federated Co-op, TSC, Lumber Liquidators —and more!
- TORBSA members find strength in diversity
- Atlantic dealers face challenges, opportunities
- Sears Home stores get “own identity”
- Square Deal trailer tours Ontario lumberyards
- UK’s Kingfisher builds on sustainability policy
- PLUS: RONA launches cool Olympic campaign, Home’s credit card partnership one year old, U.S. retailers shipping to Canada more than ever, Castle dealers celebrate Queen’s Jubilee, Loblaw’s 2Q results up slightly, RONA to open Edmonton satellite store, Lowe’s introduces smart home technology, Stanley B&D to buy Chinese company, Builders FirstSource reports quarterly increase —and more!
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