- Exclusive interview part 1: Face-to-face with Ian White, Home Hardware’s new CEO
- Exclusive Interview part 2: CEO’s past experiences help him work with dealers now
- With arrival of spring, cleaning products mean big business for Home Depot Canada
- U.S. retailers are closing stores. Blame inflation—and e-commerce
- PLUS: RONA adds New Brunswick affiliate, AD dealer in B.C. buys Alberta locations, Giant Tiger partners with DoorDash, Costco tops list of most admired, Home Hardware makes supply deal with public sector buying group, Metrie expands interior door sales in new U.S. markets, Ipex opens research centre, housing starts decrease, and more!
- Home improvement industry scrambles to make sense of latest tariffs
- BMR targets pros in new marketing campaign
- Stock markets turn volatile in first week after Trump’s “Liberation Day”
- Home Depot unveils spring and summer lines at product preview
- PLUS: B.C. billionaire to bid on HBC, RONA named sustainability leader, Rust-Oleum parent buys Pink Stuff, IKEA opens Plan and Order Point in Quebec, Canada needs more unskilled immigrants, Peak Group hires new VP marketing, and more!
- U.S. President Trump lives up—or down—to his promise to add more tariffs
- With takeover of two Ontario locations, RONA affiliate dealer buys corporate stores
- New round of tariffs generates industry response—from both sides of the border
- PLUS: Home Hardware strengthens Blue Jays sponsorship, Lyndon Deyo joins Castle as a business development manager, New Brunswick RONA store has a new owner, judge rejects Hudson’s Bay Co.’s proposal, Matt Moore will join Canadian Tire Corp. as EVP and chief commercial officer, BMR store in Quebec gets new ownership, new Princess Auto store is set to open in Ontario, Western association launches online resource for shopping local, and more!
- BMR’s executive realignment will support a “full transformation” of the group
- Canadian Tire’s new strategy involves shift to operating company, expanded loyalty
- Hudson’s Bay starts liquidations. Will it be enough to save its six remaining stores?
- Home Depot’s interconnected strategy gains ground with AI, driving Q4 online sales
- PLUS: TIMBER MART hires Joel Kakoske as regional director for the Prairies, Tando names regional sales manager, new BMR dealer in Hardlines podcast, Canadian Tire joins loyalty programs with RBC, RONA dealer buys store in Mont-Tremblant, Home Hardware announces BeautiTone Colour of the Year, retail sales drop, and more!
- Know someone who’s out of work? We can help with job searches and recruitment
- National Hardware Show shows shift in how the world is doing business
- Pending closures of HBC locations creates hole in Canadian retail—and real estate
- Canadian Tire’s digital tech exec talks e-commerce at DX3 Canada Conference
- PLUS: Kent adds “Made in Canada” to price labels, Watson adds Central Ontario location, Canac joins “Well Made Here,” IKEA breaks ground on DC in Ontario, Canadian lumber’s quality considered an advantage, Home Depot Kilz it, existing home sales drop, housing starts off, and more!
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