- Orgill expands its Canadian infrastructure
- Lowe’s formalizes business units and banners
- Next year’s lawn & garden trends from the International Garden Fair
- Back-to-school spending means more expenditures and more worries
- PLUS: Home Hardware’s anniversary tulip, new titles at Lowe’s, Lowe’s and Woolies battle in Australia, Jeld-Wen makes an acquisition —and more (well, actually, not that much more this week!)
- Size of gypsum tariff for Western Canada takes industry by surprise
- Ace brand gets push for independents at RONA show
- Digital retail leaders will share insights at Home Improvement eRetailer Summit
- Lowe’s divides services between Boucherville HQ and GTA support centre
- PLUS: Sexton’s new digs, Castle’s golf for SickKids, Home Hardware openings, Ace’s second quarter, HBC results, Sears’s woes, Task Tool founder passes, CanWel acquisition, Arrow on TV, housing starts, classified ads —and more!
- Executives at RONA show reaffirm Lowe’s commitment to independents
- On relocating Lowe’s Toronto office, re-branding RONA stores, aligning the buying teams, and more
- Canadians gather in Vegas for Orgill Fall Dealer Market
- Could the Quebec government have blocked the sale of RONA?
- PLUS: Gypsum tariff looms, two new Reno-Depots, EAB’s 40th, Castle adds stores, CanWel acquires TFI, Festool road show, BMR builds, new site for RONA affiliate, DeWalt’s 60-volt line, U.S. housing starts —and more!
- Orgill to open Western DC that will serve Alberta and B.C. dealers
- Following departure of Michael Medline, Canadian Tire ramps up digital initiatives
- Lowe’s Christmas preview features products designed for Canadian customers
- Christmas in July: a preview of holiday products at Canadian Tire
- Selkirk Home Hardware manager receives scholarship for NRHA Management School
- NRHA brings together dealers for an afternoon of baseball
- PLUS: Lowe’s Canada grand opening, Home Hardware milestones, Canadian Tire same-store sales, Superior Plus’s sale of its Construction Products, Ikea Canada in Halifax, Home Depot’s Craig Menear, Amazon in Europe, Costco in July, CanWel in Q2, Weyerhaeuser, Acadian Timber, Spectrum Brands, IPG, housing starts, building permits, classified ads —and more!
- Federated Co-op realigns buying team
- Bill Douma gets senior procurement role at TIMBER MART
- Add-on sales can drive up your average ticket
- PLUS: Reorg at Sears Canada, Claude Dion in new role, Ikea sets up Halifax “Collection Point,” Tembec swings into profitability, Lowe’s invests in fulfillment centre, 3M results, retail sales slow, U.S. housing starts —and more!
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