Feb16_04

  • * Rona wants to double market share, hints at new format
  • * Stanley's new recruits strengthen the ties that bind with Home Depot
  • * Ace Hardware has great growth in 2003
  • * Canadian Tire's year-end results are hot, hot, hot
  • * Garden Ridge forced into Chapter 11
  • * New buying show gets strong start in Southwestern Ontario
  • * Georgia-Pacific rides wave of strong housing market
  • * Matreco Hardware begins shipping to Ontario customers

Feb9_04

  • * Hardware shows find reinvention through new, smaller vendors
  • * Do it Best offers new store expansion program
  • * IRLY dealers reject offer from Rona
  • * Canadian show makes deal with Frankfurt trade show company
  • * Circuit City exec joins Home Depot's Expo team
  • * Forest products procurement policies signal key U.S. trend
  • * G-P surges on strong home improvement market
  • * ILDC signs new member

Feb2_04

  • * Home Depot leads way to increased proprietary products
  • * IRLY dealers to decide their future: TruServ offers one alternative
  • * Franks Nursery, Calloway's feel the heat from big box L&G
  • * Rona gains momentum in Western Canada

Jan26_04

  • * Wickes files for Chapter 11 protection
  • * Home Depot puts renewed focus on customer in 2004
  • * Rona signs first Western dealer
  • * Sodisco-Howden signs new deal with TIM-BR-Marts
  • * Buyers want to meet North American vendors in Cologne
  • * Lanoga to acquire San Lorenzo Lumber
  • * Hechinger patriarch dies at 84
  • * Exporters benefit from lower U.S. dollar
  • * Asian hardware fair teams up with Cologne

Jan19_04

  • * Totem plans second contractor yard
  • * Home Depot goes big — and small
  • * National Hardware Show faces lawsuit
  • * TSC beefs up management, poised for further growth
  • * Lowe's looks for mid-sized markets
  • * Bering straight on cross-over, specialty sales
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