- Peavey and TSC: a match made in farm hardware heaven
- Deliveries: a valuable way for dealers to cultivate loyal customers
- Industry reports improvement in first-quarter business conditions
- Credit card battles escalate as Walmart drops Visa
- PLUS: Home Hardware supports Special Olympics, sponsor opportunity for vendors at Orgill Canada Night, Tractor Supply profits up, U.S. housing starts, Sherwin Williams sales up, Husqvarna’s 2Q —and more!
- Addition of BMR makes ILDC Canada’s biggest buying group
- Medline’s ouster from Canadian Tire raises eyebrows
- Private label versus national brands: the battle continues
- Leonard Lee, Lee Valley Tools: our hats off to a true entrepreneur
- PLUS: Gore joins BMR, housing starts, building permits, Amazon’s Prime Day, Walmart’s free delivery, Husqvarna’s new batteries —and more!
- Superior Plus sells off Construction Products business
- Lowe’s has aggressive plans for openings through year-end 2016
- Consolidation makes industry’s top retailers more powerful than ever
- Summertime means store openings for Home Hardware
- PLUS: Richelieu Hardware opens Toronto-area showroom, Ingersoll Products introduces drywall finishing product, Epicor acquired by KKR, Newell sells window covering brands to Hunter Douglas, Amazon reprises Prime Day, Canadian Tire tries new concept, Mike Springer retires, Home Hardware’s Mark Cullen honoured —and more!
- Lowe’s latest store opens in Toronto’s East End
- Federated Co-op helps bring the colour back to Fort Mac
- Ace continues to add stores in Canada
- Reno intentions down as spending rises
- PLUS: Distribution Rioux joins TIMBER MART, Home Hardware Charity Golf, Trottman retires from K&V, Tappenden tapped for top job at Walmart Canada, Lyne Castonguay casts off for Sobeys —and more!
- Quebec store reopens under TIMBER MART as groups vie for independents
- Latest research on industry growth reveals resilience to retail challenges
- Residential construction spending up despite lower forecasts
- Visual communication key to consumer engagement
- PLUS: BMR gives cheque to Cancer Society, Home Hardware named Top Fleet Employer, Homebase changing to Bunnings banner, Hudson’s Bay’s Q1 sales, Ray Tierney at ITW, retail sales rise ―and more!
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