- More changes at Home Hardware as Rick McNabb announces retirement
- BMR hosts its first-ever summer show to highlight seasonal products
- Orgill fall market provides plenty for Canadian dealers, including a get-together
- Lowe’s new CEO upbeat about Canada despite closure of Orchard Supply
- PLUS: Castle adds Toronto dealer, RONA will acquire Lespérance stores, Alexandria Moulding acquired by U.S. Lumber, Lowe’s and RONA support local heroes, Canadian Tire’s Q2 profits tumble, Quebec’s first Lee Valley Tools store, Home Depot earnings, Ace Hardware’s record second quarter, Garaga acquires Mid-America Door, Orgill increases DC size, national home sales, lots of classified ads and more!
- INSIDE OUR BIGGEST SUMMER READING ISSUE EVER:
- Store Operations
- Home Hardware will invest in supply chain improvements to drive future growth
- Hardware stores reflect diversity of communities they serve
- Home Depot’s Pickering, Ont., store celebrates 10 years of innovation
- International Perspectives
- spoga+gafa garden fair: a must-attend for this fast growing sector
- Housing Market Indicators
- CMHC identifies vulnerable spots in Canada’s real estate market
- Big Picture Trends
- Luxury market offers opportunities for dealers willing to step up the experience
- Big boxes turn to task automation to reduce labour costs
- PLUS: Giant Tiger celebrates more grand openings, BMR prepares for seasonal dealer show, Canadian Tire plans home-delivery rollout, Amazon will open another Canadian fulfillment centre, Uniboard invests in Val-d’Or facility, Dy-Mon Sales adds to sales team, Gaumond resigns from Continental, Armstrong reports Q2 profits, home resales plummet, results slip for Mohawk Industries, lots of Classified Ads and more!
- What’s really new about RONA’s new-look stores? Just take a look
- Home Depot goes after the home décor market
- New Lowe’s CEO hits the ground running with executive overhaul
- Home organization: a growing category―and a sales opportunity
- PLUS: RONA store in Surrey, IKEA Canada to open in Quebec City, retired Sears Canada workers try to save their pensions, unionized employees at Laurent Lapointe are not so lucky, Home Depot Canada Energy Star National Retailer of the Year―again, West Fraser reports Q2, Intertape Polymer to buy Polyair Inter Pack, Festool to expand head office, Stanley Black & Decker’s net sale, retail sales increase and more!
- Hardlines Conference finalizes speaker lineup with top retail groups represented
- Upcoming Orgill market prepares to host Canadian dealers
- Coast Distributors expands product range with its own private brand and new alliance
- eBay uses summer preview to remind shoppers it’s more than an auction site
- PLUS: Ray Gabel retires, more on the Home Depot monkey saga, Home Depot stores cut energy use, True Value to use new replenishment module, TIMBER MART adds new commodity trader to team, Spectrum Brands completes merger, U.S. retail sales and more!
- B.C. industry celebrates 80 years with gala dinner and Orion awards presentation
- Hosted by its one West Coast member, TORBSA dealers gather in B.C. for AGM
- Kent opens a new flagship big box store in the Halifax market
- With 100 RONA dealers now online, affiliates are catching up to corporate stores
- PLUS: Castle adds new member, TIMBER MART hires procurement manager, TORBSA signs dealer, RONA store expands distribution capability in Toronto, Richelieu posts Q2, CertainTeed to purchase Hunter Douglas ceiling business, Bob Fellows joins Castle,
- Isolofoam adds to team, housing starts bounce back, Nguyen promoted at Liteline and more!
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