- Home Improvement industry’s own Norm Caissie invested to the Order of Canada
- Home Depot, Lowe’s provide support for communities destroyed by California wildfires
- International retail leader John Herbert offers a global perspective. It’s mixed
- Cloverdale Paint uses Celanese’s technology to manufacture more sustainable paint
- PLUS: Canadian Tire brings back marketing challenge contest, store in eastern Ontario joins Home Hardware, class-action suit against Home Depot can proceed, Farm Boy’s newest store expands hardlines consumables, CHPTA offers new program of skills training courses, building permits fall, home resales, and more!
- How top retailers are expected to fare in 2024: some up but mostly down
- Peavey’s new financing package will help it rationalize its business, enhance systems
- Castle adds key Quebec commercial dealer group to its membership
- Home Depot, RONA market to pros at Toronto’s builder and contractor show
- PLUS: Marwood buys Fraser’s wood siding business, Nova Scotia Home Hardware dealer buys neighbouring business, Nicholson and Cates adds Cape Cod siding, Toys ‘R’ Us Canada will close five stores, PayMore Stores on expansion track in Canada, Tractor Supply acquires online pet pharmacy supplier, Ace voted number one in Forbes’ ranking, U.S. building construction remains flat, and more!
- Top stories that shaped the industry in 2024: lots of movement at the C-level
- Top stories of 2024, part 2: RONA conversions, Ace exit from Canada dominated news
- Canac reveals plans for its largest store ever, near Montreal
- What’s ahead for home improvement retailing? A mixed bag with mixed messages
- PLUS: RONA buys All-Fab Group, Gagnon acquires Létourneau, Orgill appoints new EVP and COO, Party City in the U.S. files for Chapter 11, Home Hardware’s anniversary edition of Monopoly, new Princess Auto store coming to southern Ontario, RONA affiliate opens new store in Moncton, Ace Hardware names new international president, Courage Inc. named RONA’s agency of record in English Canada, existing home sales rise, U.S. housing starts decline, and more!
- U.S. tariff threat has home improvement industry on alert
- Ace dealers are switching to meet year-end deadline for the banner in Canada
- RONA is working with AI to put the right products in its online customers’ carts
- Is the contractor sector going to boom? Investors are watching closely
- PLUS: RONA to convert Quebec big boxes, Cape Breton community getting a Home Hardware, GMS reports Q2 results, Lee Valley sets up holiday pop-up stores, Dollarama’s Q3 earnings, Lawrie Group adds store in Nova Scotia, Home Depot to sponsor FIFA World Cup, Home Hardware Stores wraps up PRO Road Shows, Loblaw enters the U.S., Castle raises money for Ronald McDonald House, and more!
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