June 18 2012

  • Top executives to speak at Hardlines Conference
  • Home Furniture lays out trends for coming season
  • UFA launches "Small Town Heroes" contest
  • ENERGY STAR awards home improvement firms
  • Housing starts expected to moderate
  • Home Depot seeks growth through innovation, service
  • PLUS: Castle dealers support boating, RONA accepts Air Miles in-store, Roxul to open U.S. site, JELD-WEN wins ENERGY STAR, Sico donates paint, Home Depot adds online partnership, Lobb joins Vicwest —and more!

June 11 2012

  • Ace sourcing may play bigger role in Chalifour assortments
  • RONA continues store conversions and recruitments
  • Menards moves in on Southern Ontario markets
  • Home Depot updates strategic priorities
  • Masters in Australia will be bigger than Lowe’s Canada
  • PLUS: B&D buys Powers, Lowe’s goes high-tech, Waters gets retirement celebration, Home Hardware awards a truck, Bennie Moore donates paint, executive changes at Wolseley —and more!

June 4 2012

  • Morrison: TruServ a “powerful choice for independents”
  • Krivicky now heads up RONA’s store redeployment
  • HTV features hot new products from the Vegas show
  • Sears tries to reconnect with new-look stores
  • PLUS: Bev in Paris, Canadian Tire to close sports stores, CanSave hosts expo, CFL player wins Home’s humanitarian award, U.S. house resales up, Schering joins ProfitMaster, Sears sells Cantrex, Kingfisher impacted by weather, Home Hardware awards CFLer, Blackwood Pike joins Labrador retailer, Hart Stores still struggling —and more!

May 28 2012

  • TIM-BR MARTS CEO seeks vendor input to grow
  • Exclusive interview: Home Hardware’s Paul Straus
  • Chalifour will realign distribution channels
  • Lowe’s makes gains in first quarter
  • True Value conversion made easy
  • PLUS: retail sales up, Crate and Barrel opens in Montreal, Task wins big in Vegas, Costco third quarter, U.S. home sales rise, Bebis makes a move, Home dealer plants trees, Nobbs joins IKO —and more!

May 21 2012

  • New store will be a prototype for BMR – and beyond
  • TIM-BR MARTS launches largest campaign ever
  • Castle increases ranks with seven new dealers
  • Home Depot enjoys “stronger than expected start to the year”
  • Home Hardware turns to social media
  • PLUS: TIM-BR MARTS gets new member, wholesale sales up, Sears Canada turns a profit, Canadian Tire money, Ace results, Walmart’s first quarter —and more!
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