- Groupe BMR celebrates 50th anniversary with annual buying show
- New digital platform helps RONA affiliates tap lucrative appliance category
- Notes from the Do it Best Market: How tariffs are affecting U.S. independents
- Home Depot to ditch chemicals in an effort to go green
- PLUS: Home Hardware stores honoured, Canadian Tire results, Giant Tiger celebrates grand opening, The Brick helps Sears customers, Amazon kicks off Black Friday sales early, Regal ideas honoured, Newell’s sales fall, Lowe’s rolls out smart home centres in-store, housing starts, and more!
- West Fraser CEO frustrated by U.S.’s unwillingness to negotiate NAFTA terms
- Latest seasonal décor from Home Depot Canada is heavy on high tech
- RONA’s new concept for its building centres aims at project sales, contractors
- Canadian Tire continues to look for more private-label lines to boost margins
- PLUS: New owners for RONA Saint-Odilon, Sears Holdings stops selling Whirlpool, Amazon to open Calgary fulfillment centre, Ikea experiments with smaller outlets, Menards loses property tax battle, Weyerhaeuser earnings decline, Intertape Polymer Group plans for growth, Pfister at Canadian Tire, Snap-on loses suit with Milwaukee Tool, changes at King Marketing, Steve Burgess joins Briggs & Stratton Canada, and more!
- Paint, agro products, patio furniture get spotlight at Federated Co-op’s Buymart
- Lowe’s makes deal with Black & Decker to add Craftsman hand tools
- GM of leading Quebec dealer Patrick Morin will present at the Hardlines Conference
- Reno-Depot introduces Canada-wide delivery for online purchases
- PLUS: Ace stores in Canada offer “Click & Collect”, Bunnings to add 100 new stores in the UK, Lowe’s Canada unveils new logo, LBMAO hosts 100th anniversary, West Fraser’s sales fall, 3M’s 3Q, Sherwin Williams, retail sales, U.S. house sales, and more!
- Sears closing affects vendor base, ex-employees, and now Parliament
- Canadian Building Supply Council: new name, enhanced mandate
- Doug Bitter named new purchasing director at Spancan
- Outstanding Retailers will be honoured at the upcoming Hardlines Conference
- PLUS: Federated Co-op gas bars donate to non-profits, Dave Boyce leaves Delroc for new role, Wolseley Canada joins Octo, Giant Tiger opens in Bedford, N.S., Sears Canada chairman resigns, America’s oldest hardware store closes for good, Lowe’s and The Home Depot open warehouses to serve hurricane victims, Grainger posts Q3 earnings, existing home sales, and more!
- With closure of Sears Canada, other retailers eye its hardlines categories
- Mike Daniels readies for retirement, leaves a 46-year legacy
- UFA’s farm and hardware stores strive for a “one-stop” experience
- PLUS: Canac to open northeast of Montreal, Lowe’s second RONA remodel, Home Depot Canada Foundation helps in Kelowna, Home’s dealer-owner Drew Merrett recognized, LM2 adds lines, Lee Valley founder honoured by Royal Military College, Costco announces year end, Goodfellow reports earnings, CanWel completes previously announced acquisition, Dignard named VP at Goodfellow, Pike receives gold hammer, housing starts, and more!
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