- Hardware and home improvement retailers take honours at Retail Council awards
- UFA taps big box DNA to improve best practices, and sales are going up
- Kohltech Windows awarded during transition to new branding
- Small town independent focuses squarely on farm and rural customers
- PLUS: Home Depot Canada helps homeless youth, GTA dealer joins TIMBER MART, new member for Sexton Group, Blue Jays and Beauti-Tone paint, Ply Gem opens in Quebec City, Prud’homme stresses RONA growth, Canadian Tire and Home Hardware top rated, Orgill awarded for export growth, Ace Hardware’s Q1 revenues, Kent helps out community living, Wesfarmers ditches Homebase, FCL’s Doug Knowles retiring, new VP at Derby, and more!
- Speakers, dates announced for 23rd annual Hardlines Conference
- Castle Building Centres, Sexton Group top $2 billion with record dealer sales
- UFA updates stores with a focus on consistency, product programs
- Pro dealers still taking baby steps toward social media
- PLUS: Lowe’s net earnings, South Edmonton RONA the latest to convert, Ply Gem commemorates founders, Rust-Oleum and Home Depot expand Varathane deal, Craftsman comes to Canada, Marvin Ellison named CEO at Lowe’s, Canadian retail up, Liteline’s Steve McMullen promoted, U.S. housing, and more!
- BMR gets serious about Ontario expansion with new sales rep and new programs
- New products from the show floor at the National Hardware Show
- Canadian Tire CEO commits to growth, private brands, rewards program
- Home Depot Canada will play role in company-wide IT hiring campaign
- PLUS: BMR adds summer show, Smith takes LBM job at FCL, Lowe’s converts banners, negative comps for Home Depot Canada, Craftsman in Lowe’s, Canadian Tire wants direct-to-home, JRTech in more BMR stores, CertainTeed is investing, house sales fall, and more!
- Expanded role for Home Hardware CEO Terry Davis points to next steps for the co-op
- National Hardware Show rolls out with strong attendance, upbeat mood
- Lee Valley Tools plans largest store ever—and first in Quebec
- Big things are happening in small stores, even as national chains keep growing
- PLUS: Home Depot's Jeff Kinnaird honoured, Canadian Tire results, new Castle member, Loblaw to roll out online groceries, CanWel profits climb, JRTech to provide to more BMR stores, L’Image Home Products honoured, Costco results, Goldblatt gets a reboot, housing intentions, home prices in the GTA, and more!
- What’s in a name? Target Building Materials forges its own direction
- B.C. dealers’ association gears up for 80th anniversary at Harrison Hot Springs
- High-tech barbecues, colourful accessories coming to Canadian Tire this spring
- eRetailer Summit sets agenda, and sights, on bolstering online selling
- PLUS: One lucky dealer will win $100,000 at NHS, Canac’s latest, Nicholson and Cates partners with Jeld-Wen, Ace Hardware sets up in supermarkets, Loblaw profits up on falling sales, Fairfax gets approval for Toys “R” Us stores, softwood lumber, Weyerhaeuser reports Q1, Armstrong World Industries, Robert Perreault new VP at Colonial Elegance, Martin Ross pursues management consulting, U.S. construction spending, and more!
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