- Castle adds dealers throughout holiday season
- Commercial market can be competitive—but profitable—for traditional dealers
- Cologne International Hardware Fair to extend hours, reach in 2018
- Marketing yourself to the Millennial generation
- PLUS: Ace streamlines shows, Amazon at Christmas, Guay named EVP at RCR, Walmart and Visa settle, Stanley B&D to invests, housing starts soar, West joins Westech, and more!
- Our top stories of 2016: the news that most attracted our readers’ attention
- CITT upholds gypsum tariff, stands by dumping ruling
- Stanley Black &Decker to buy Craftsman brand from Sears
- Canadian retail looking up in 2017: Desjardins
- PLUS: New hires at King Marketing, Cologne Fair back to four days, Hitachi wants to sell off power tools business, Menards under scrutiny, Sears to close more stores, J.C. Penney gets into HVAC, Spectrum Brands’ new facility, Stanley Black & Decker sells off door lock business, retail sales up, Husqvarna to buy Swedish company, and more!
- IN MEMORIAM: Walter Hachborn, founder of co-op hardware retail in Canada
- Mark your calendars: a year ahead of learning and networking with Hardlines
- Home Depot and Lowe’s say Canadian stores are pulling their weight
- “Dynamic” pricing practices on the rise for online retailers
- PLUS: Central staff will keep their jobs at Kent, Lowe’s opposes Valspar sale, WRLA’s new president in place, Canadian Tire locations get tax breaks, and more!
- BMR classifies its stores with new banner options
- RONA conversions, support for affiliates all part of Lowe’s growth strategy
- Home delivery from Home Depot stores still to come in Canada
- Canadian Tire squeezes lower prices for products to drive sales
- PLUS: TIMBER MART welcomes B.C. member, Home Hardware in National Capital Region, RONA plants one million trees, Amar Doman buys CanWel shares, Taiga promotions, Swinn moves up at Dow, Ply Gem has been recognized, CertainTeed awarded, Newell to acquire, Acklands-Grainger fined, and more!
- Home Depot and Lowe’s count on contractor sales
- LBM sales stay strong amidst overall sluggish retail scene
- Ikea Canada cracks $2 billion in sales on double-digit growth
- Kent buys up Central Home Improvements
- PLUS: Lowe’s latest opens in Toronto, Chemong Home Hardware expansion, Home Depot delivery service, RCR reboots Climaloc brand, CHHMA Industry Cocktail, softwood lumber dispute, Pollock at Mitten/Ply Gem, Di Bratto joins Rust-Oleum, True Value in Puerto Rico, and more!
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