- BMR’s renovation of Potvin & Bouchard store part of a wider initiative
- First RONA conversion to the Lowe’s banner opens in Edmonton
- Home Hardware’s growth strategy: new members and larger store footprints
- As fortunes tumble, Sears Canada obtains bankruptcy protection
- PLUS: Home Hardware renews partnership with Blue Jays, new Ace store in Ontario, Boulanger celebrates its 75th, Lowe’s to open in Winnipeg, LBM retail up again in April, Beauti-Tone and the great outdoors, Tembec shares sold, house sales, and more!
- Kenroc at 50: there for the birth of the drywall industry
- Sears Canada: is the end nigh?
- Pay attention to change: what we learned at the Global DIY Summit
- Appointment notice at Hardlines
- PLUS: RCR restructures sales force, Intertape to buy Cantech, Home Hardware stores make changes, Ikea to double store count, Lowe’s lays off in Mooresville, housing starts slip, HBC takes a hit, Ace scores with customer satisfaction, and more!
- 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!
- 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!
- 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!
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