- * Home Depot on the lookout for smaller properties
- * Branding, effective hiring techniques, spotlighted at executive conference
- * Wal-Mart continues to battle with labour
- * Australian retailer follows Rona's big box lead
- * Independents brace for big box wars in Québec
- * Alliance, Home Outfitters, Royal Bank join conference roster
- * Taiga shares to split
- * Sodisco-Howden gets Aeroplan loyalty program
- * Bankrupt White Rose seeks buyer
- * Home Depot tries to get men and women shopping together
- * TruServ rolls out latest electronic initiative
- * Réno-Dépôt has more stores in development
- * IRLY elects new directors
- * Canada's inflation slows in May
- *Independents report strong first quarter
- *Canadian Tire counts on new format stores for sales growth
- *Matériaux À Bas Prix will open its 13th store
- *Proposed Building Box gets nixed
- *Value of residential building permits up more than 10% in April
- * Hudson's Bay searches for hardlines partner
- * Drouin retires from Rona
- * Big boxes want to grow contractor business
- * Ace Canada forms private-label paint deal
- * Renovation spending expected to continue rising
- * Rona's big box sales up almost 20% in 1Q
