- Orgill market offers merchandising programs for contractor customers
- Round one of NAFTA talks end on cautiously optimistic note
- Hardlines has a range of ways to inform and connect the industry—do you know them all?
- WD-40 assists grizzly bear research
- PLUS: Halencak promoted at Lowe’s Canada, Castle member Buchanan's Hardware to host grand opening, Manitouwadge Home Hardware celebrates 100th, Jacobs & Thompson donates to hurricane relief, U.K.’s Kingfisher reports decline, RenoWare Technologies allies with Saberis, boards approve Rayonier’s purchase of Tembec, Stanley Black & Decker opens Makerspace lab, Paul Taylor joins ShopCity.com, retail sales squeezed, and more!
- Changes at Home Hardware reflect growing focus on commercial sale
- Orgill’s latest dealer market features new programs for Canadians
- eRetailer Summit will help home improvement sellers build business online
- In the shadow of their U.S. parents, big boxes battle for market share in Canada
- PLUS: RONA is heading to the Supreme Court, Castle’s latest additions, Ace gets new member in Quebec, Canadian Tire beat estimates, Lowe’s reports earnings, Newfoundland hardware store rebuilds, Réno-Dépôt partners with Sico, Home Depot reports sales, Jacobs & Thompson makes acquisition, Nicholson and Cates celebrates Canada’s 150th, Johns Manville now supplier to Crossroads, Thompson promoted at Jeld-Wen, Wal-Mart’s Q2, existing home sales down, and more!
- Retail Reading
- TIMBER MART becomes home improvement partner of Canadian Football League
- Home Depot sees growth in power tools, LED, outdoor products, and flooring
- International Perspectives
- Colombian dealers face rise of big boxes, urged to make their stores destinations
- Colombia’s tiny hardware stores: a lesson in co-operation and convenience
- International garden fair spoga+gafa ramps up with appeal to North Americans
- Leisure Reading
- Down memory lane: industry veteran’s summer reading for the hardware industry
- PLUS: Home Hardware sponsors curling, Lowe’s switches two more RONA Stores, Lowe’s launches DIY training in U.S., Cobra Anchors invests, changes at Orgill Canada, Ikea adds Vancouver Collection Points, Masco posts Q2 earnings, Bemis sees earnings slide, CanWel announces Q2, Weyerhaeuser revenue rises, West Fraser to acquire Gilman, shareholders approve Tembec sale, Allan’s Home Hardware, John Herbert receives DIY Lifetime Award, Scott Ride heads up H. Paulin, and more!
- Orgill’s Boston dealer market promises more that’s new for Canadian dealers
- Fastway Group to purchase Winnipeg’s North American Lumber
- Canadian Tire offers a preview of its Christmas product line
- Ace Hardware’s latest hires draw from big box DNA
- PLUS: Nova Scotia dealer joins Castle, Churchill’s Home Hardware triples store size, Atis Group buys Pro-Tech, Vince Morency at Richelieu, Sears cleared for sell-off, pop-up store for mattress retailer, Stephen Ceolin starts agency, Jason Hamburger at AGF, and more!
- Newfoundland and Labrador dealer Notre Dame Agencies adds 10th location
- Could Ace Hardware buy True Value in the U.S.?
- Lowe’s Canada CEO: ignore online selling at your peril
- Shades of Ikea: Target and Amazon expand their private-label hardlines brands
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada partners with Canadian Red Cross, Home Depot to purchase Compact Power Equipment, Walmart’s “On-Time, In-Full” deadline looms, Gracious Home bought, Richelieu Hardware sales rise, new hire at BMR, Bruce White retires at Home Hardware, housing starts, and more!
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