Apr1_02

  • * Sodisco consolidates Montréal buying team
  • * Sears lets buyers go
  • * Feds crack down on rogue building supply yards
  • * Home Depot's stockyard store cuts back hours

Mar25_02

  • * Ace signs 34 stores in Alberta
  • * Sodisco-Howden goes into the red in 4Q
  • * Home Depot buyers at Cologne Show
  • * Chicago show faces new realities
  • * McMunn & Yates buys another store
  • * Sales by building materials wholesalers up in January

Mar18_02

  • * Newfoundland retailer opens fifth store
  • * Big box race heats up in Ontario, Québec
  • * New products just part of the lure of Cologne Show
  • * Loblaw's garden centres will become chemical free
  • * BPB to acquire gypsum business of James Hardie
  • * Urbanization of Canadian population continues

Mar11_02

  • * Cologne provides international opportunities
  • * Home Depot gets new Canadian merchandising vp
  • * European retailers form new association
  • * Ace forms international agreement
  • * Newell takes over American Tool
  • * Can-Save increases provincial distribution

Mar04_02

  • * Rona's retail sales hit $3 billion
  • * Para forms buying group for paint accessories
  • * TSC launches hardware specialty boutique
  • * Home Depot, Lowe's record profits in 2001
  • * Profits strong for TruServ Canada year end
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