- Doug Skrepnek: expect more consolidation from Titan in Canada
- UFA focuses on upgrading its back-end systems with new ERP
- eRetailer Summit seen as a valuable way to stay ahead of the online competition
- Dealers selling online must blend e-commerce with a solid in-store experience
- PLUS: Two more Quebec stores join Home Hardware, Sears to close up to 100 more stores, Tesla will stop selling solar products at Home Depot, Kingfisher’s newest store achieves net zero energy usage, Home Depot to invest $1.2 billion to streamline supply chain, Preston Hardware co-owner passes, retail sales down in April, and more!
- Home Hardware makes big gains in Quebec with new dealer members
- Peavey adds stores in Manitoba and Alberta, with more locations planned
- Reorg at Hardlines puts Katherine Yager in operations role
- M-D ramps up inventory, sales after RCR acquisition
- PLUS: Lowe's Canada donates to Children’s Miracle Network, Martel to acquire Potvin & Bouchard store, FCL funds community programs, Alma TIMBER MART destroyed, Task Tools celebrates its 50th, Home Hardware hosts charity golf, Spanky the monkey, Sherwin-Williams and Home Depot to drop paint strippers, HBC urged to drop Trump-branded products, Taiga donates to flooding victims in Atlantic Canada, house sales flat, and more!
- CertainTeed Gypsum Canada’s latest suit targets 54-inch drywall dumping
- Knauf’s $7 billion acquisition of USG promises continued support of North America
- Hardlines’ Publisher Beverly Allen to retire
- When it comes to e-commerce, what do consumers really expect from independents?
- PLUS: B.C. RONA dealer expands, Peavey CEO lost in the woods, Kent Building Supplies seeks roundabout solution, Home Depot to spend $1.2 billion, Bunnings finalizes exit from U.K., Global DIY Summit, CanWel completes acquisition, Tom Bell joins Sexton, McCluskie hits the road at Coast Distributors, changes at Ply Gem, housing starts fall, and more!
- Top online sellers added to speaker roster for 23rd annual Hardlines Conference
- Federated Co-op continues management re-org with promotion of Ron Healey as VP
- Latest dealer conversions mark big wins for RONA as it ramps up recruitment efforts
- Lowe’s shift from methylene chloride puts pressure on paint stripper makers
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada partners with Paymi, Hudson’s Bay garners a net loss, Sears set to close 63 locations, PowerHouse introduces PowerWool, TIMBER MART promotes Alexandra Kazan, Lyne Castonguay moves up at Sobeys, Lowe’s Canada will charge for plastic bags, building permits down, and more!
- Hardware and home improvement retailers take honours at Retail Council awards
- UFA taps big box DNA to improve best practices, and sales are going up
- Kohltech Windows awarded during transition to new branding
- Small town independent focuses squarely on farm and rural customers
- PLUS: Home Depot Canada helps homeless youth, GTA dealer joins TIMBER MART, new member for Sexton Group, Blue Jays and Beauti-Tone paint, Ply Gem opens in Quebec City, Prud’homme stresses RONA growth, Canadian Tire and Home Hardware top rated, Orgill awarded for export growth, Ace Hardware’s Q1 revenues, Kent helps out community living, Wesfarmers ditches Homebase, FCL’s Doug Knowles retiring, new VP at Derby, and more!
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