- • With latest announcements, RONA will trim store count, consolidate operations
- • Canac takes first step to expansion outside Quebec with planned Ontario store
- • Distributors meet challenge to step up their game in the digital age
- • Home Depot Canada banks on new colours, technology to drive holiday sales
- PLUS: Healthy Q3 for Canadian Tire, FCL and the Red Cross, Amazon Canada readies Black Friday deals, IKO buys New Zealand company, Acadian Timber’s net sales, Schlage and Amazon, building permits in September, housing starts and more!
- • Orgill makes changes to executive team, Brett Hammers to oversee Canada
- • Canadian Tire integrates online ordering with in-store pickup in select stores
- • Quebec association launches not-for-profit to promote domestic products
- • Lowe’s adds more Craftsman product categories in time for the holidays
- PLUS: Canac in Ontario, Castle’s newest member, MEC and Canadian Tire ranked high, Lowe’s Canada Heroes raise $1.1 million, Sherwin-Williams sales increase, Maibec and Brunswick Valley, Goodfellow and Sherwin-Williams, Stanley and Home Depot, Tractor Supply’s third quarter, Soleno’s new headquarters and more!
- • Hardlines Conference countdown: a gathering of the industry
- • Federated Co-op celebrates 90 years with conference, street fair
- • Gillfor Distribution will roll out OWL’s business model for customer service
- • Amazon invests in pre-fab homes and automated construction
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada opens its 68th store, Sears Holdings chairman in talks, Polar Bear and J.L. Gagliardi & Associates, AQMAT and the Quebec economy minister, West Fraser and Q3, 3M and earnings, Sylvestre at Nite Ize, new housing construction and more!
- • Addition of Co-op stores increases BMR’s presence across Atlantic Region
- • Gillfor says it’s ready to take on Canada’s wholesale giants
- • Retailers ready to pounce as Sears files for bankruptcy protection
- • New formulation opens door for safer paint stripper sales
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada plants trees for Earth Day, Walmart Canada invests to update stores, Wayfair launches its own brand, Quebec association creates not-for-profit to support buy Canadian, Craftsman signs deal with NHL, Vukanovich at Derby, Home resales, IKEA offers in-home assembly, U.S. housing starts and more!
- With New Brunswick acquisition, Gillfor will become a national wholesaler
- Dealers can invest in their rising stars with NRHA’s retail management course
- Home Depot expands same-day delivery in select U.S. markets
- Contractors get more love at latest Home Hardware dealer market
- PLUS: Digital prize goes to BMR, Lowe’s Canada opens second new-look store in Edmonton, BMR partners with contractor platform, Beauti-Tone names colour of the year, Costco reports year end, Richelieu’s Q3 sales, Hitachi begins switch to Metabo, building permits, housing starts and more!
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