- Cologne Hardware Fair postponed due to coronavirus threat
- Home Depot turns in solid year end, forecasts stronger growth in 2020
- Lowe’s reports higher year-end profits despite U.S. online sales challenges
- Retail market share by province: who are the top players regionally?
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada hires for spring, Giant Tiger extends loyalty program, Taiga reports year end, Acceo acquires Informatique Côté Coulombe, Cam White remembered, AQMAT will hold gala, Armstrong reports Q4 profits, retail sales up, U.S. retail and more!
- TIMBER MART’s latest buying show: all about adding value
- Home Depot Canada prepares for spring with hiring blitz
- Roofing distributor Dealers Choice expands reach to Canadian dealers
- How Canadian Tire is combining bricks and mortar with its online sales
- PLUS: La Coop gets new name, Walmart’s sales increase by almost $10 billion in 2019, Acadian Timber reports sales for 2019, American Standard is official supplier of HGTV shows, sales of existing Canadian homes decline, U.S. housing starts fall and more!
- Kent to expand its big box footprint with planned new store in Moncton
- Following reorg, Sexton Group stays focused on needs of independents
- Canadian Tire Corp. posts strong year end, aided by performance of CTR
- Effective planning for succession requires starting the process early
- PLUS: Canadian Tire stores’ sales surge, Charlie Hart at Ledvance, Intertape acquires Nortech, Barry Hill Sales adds lines, Steve Duplantis remembered, West Fraser reports Q4, housing starts up dramatically and more!
- Sexton Group’s Steve Buckle explains latest executive changes
- Where it began: the first Hardlines newsletter was issued 25 years ago
- Michelle Porter is named Hardlines’ new Marketing and Events Manager
- What Lowe’s Canada has planned for décor trends this spring
- PLUS: Home improvement retailers make Canada’s best list, FCL’s Co-op Community Spaces program, IKEA will close U.K. store, Freud adds to sales team, Callbecks expands, Home Depot drops antitrust suit, Saint-Gobain completes Continental takeover, St-Laurent selects Nicholson and Cates, 3M profits down, Desjardins and Reno-Assistance and more!
- American to run Lowe’s Canada caps latest round of changes there
- TORBSA general manager Bob Holmes confirms he will retire at year end
- Home Depot opens first distribution centre to serve pro customers
- What Canucks can expect at the International Hardware Fair in Germany
- PLUS: Igor Halencak no longer with Lowe’s Canada, new Canac location in the works, Kelley Scott promoted at Alexandria Moulding, Richelieu Hardware reports Q4, Barry Allen Marketing celebrates 40th, Eric Cantin now at EcoWater, CertainTeed affiliate files for protection, Freud Canada adds to sales team and more!
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