June 12 2017

  • 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!

June 5 2017

  • Lowe’s Canada CEO urges retailers to engage staff as well as customers
  • New U.S. owner pledges support to Tembec following takeover
  • Canadian Tire’s Canvas brand caters to hip, young shoppers
  • Hand tool inventor wins patent suit against Sears
  • PLUS: Sears, Lowe’s, Home Hardware, Costco, Sherwin Williams, Coast Products, Henkel, and more!

May 29 2017

  • How vendors can meet eRetail buyers—and other ways Hardlines is connecting the industry
  • Home Depot reveals its hot sales drivers in Q1
  • U.S. lumber dealers prepare for higher prices if lumber tariffs go through
  • Women carve out their place in the world of home improvement retailing
  • PLUS: Lowe’s sales for the first quarter, Canadian Tire to test Mark’s, Wal-Mart Canada’s sales increase, results for Ace Hardware, Lowe’s tests exoskeleton, Orgill wins U.S. Corporate Investment and Community Impact Award, Nadeau acquires Boomerang Tools, Saint-Gobain reaches deal, retail sales up, U.S. housing sales, and more!

May 22 2017

  • New products and innovation abound at National Hardware Show in Las Vegas
  • McNabb at Home Hardware says e-commerce is the big push for 2017
  • Canadian Tire showcases new spring Canvas line of home décor products
  • Lowe’s promises best of both worlds with conversion of Edmonton RONA store
  • PLUS: Home Depot tops expectations, TORBSA donates to LBMAO tuition fund, Imperial honoured, Lowe’s acquires MRO supplier, Morrison promoted at Goodfellow, Buchanan joins Castle, Roberge et fils joins Home Hardware, CertainTeed hiring again, housing starts in the U.S., Mario Petraglia is RCR president, and more!

May 15 2017

  • Vendors enjoy solid traffic at NHS, despite no-show by Lowe’s buyers
  • Canadian Tire announces acquisition, post sales increase in Q1
  • CRBSC reorganizes, names ABSDA’s Denis Melanson chair
  • Canac looks to expansion of west side of Quebec, then Ontario
  • PLUS: Rioux Ace Building Centre, Lowe’s Canada supports flood victims, new facilities for BMR Matco store, Richard Paulin to retire, GreatStar acquires Arrow Fastener, Matthew Payzant awarded as Young Retailer, Ply Gem reports Q1 loss, Home Hardware teams up with Parks Canada, and more!
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