- The big get bigger: Industry’s Top Four keep consolidating the market
- Jim Caldwell departs Lowe’s Canada, Reno-Depot’s Guy Beaumier steps in
- Cologne’s hardware and garden trade fairs: a great opportunity for North Americans
- Canadian Tire expands customer product testing to enhance online reviews
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada joins with Habitat, RONA and Home Hardware among most trusted brands, Kent named a “champion”, Sears launches appliance and mattress store, Amazon Prime popular in Canada, CGC celebrates 100th anniversary of Sheetrock, building permits hit record high, Costco sales, Jacuzzi buys Canadian company, and more!
- Home Improvement eRetailer Summit: tools for our industry to succeed online
- Home Hardware launches campaign built around project selling for millennials
- Lowe’s completes acquisition of MRO supply company
- With tariffs about to be imposed, feds vow to fight softwood duties
- PLUS: Lowe’s store introduces universal contractor charge account, Ace celebrates grand opening in Central Ontario, Canada Day message from FCL, Home Depot faces frivolous class action suit, fifth RONA store for Ontario dealer, Home Hardware helps Quebecers on moving day, Canadian Tire commemorates Canada’s 150th, and more!
- BMR’s renovation of Potvin & Bouchard store part of a wider initiative
- First RONA conversion to the Lowe’s banner opens in Edmonton
- Home Hardware’s growth strategy: new members and larger store footprints
- As fortunes tumble, Sears Canada obtains bankruptcy protection
- PLUS: Home Hardware renews partnership with Blue Jays, new Ace store in Ontario, Boulanger celebrates its 75th, Lowe’s to open in Winnipeg, LBM retail up again in April, Beauti-Tone and the great outdoors, Tembec shares sold, house sales, and more!
- Kenroc at 50: there for the birth of the drywall industry
- Sears Canada: is the end nigh?
- Pay attention to change: what we learned at the Global DIY Summit
- Appointment notice at Hardlines
- PLUS: RCR restructures sales force, Intertape to buy Cantech, Home Hardware stores make changes, Ikea to double store count, Lowe’s lays off in Mooresville, housing starts slip, HBC takes a hit, Ace scores with customer satisfaction, and more!
- Home Depot launches Orange Door campaign to support homeless youth
- Lee Valley Tools opens store in Niagara Falls, expands new concept prototype
- Quebec association breaks from CRBSC, will field advocacy issues on its own
- Feds pledge loan support for beleaguered softwood industry
- PLUS: Target Building Materials marks 50th anniversary, Castle adds Newfoundland member, new TIMBER MART dealer in Quebec, B.C. Home Hardware stores combine, Brad Dixon joins Castle, RONA Roch Gauthier et fils reopens after fire, angry man sets fire to Home Depot store, Dollarama reports healthy Q1, CashierPRO moves into larger office, building permits dip, U.S. construction spending falls unexpectedly, and more!
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