May 5 2014

  • Top retailers will be featured at this year’s Hardlines Conference
  • TIM-BR MART demonstrates responsiveness with merger of shows
  • Canadians are ready to start spending again
  • Israel pavilion promises innovation at Vegas show
  • ANALYSIS: Recent changes at TIM-BR MART bode well for the group
  • PLUS: Quebec introduces renovation tax credit, Canadian Tire focuses on customer experience, Roxul plans new HQ, True Value revenue up, Home Depot spends big on radio, Masco’s first quarter, Owens Corning sees increase, Lowe’s names new chief merchandising officer —and more!

April 28 2014

  • Home Depot stores become showrooms for online shoppers
  • Made in Canada: does it matter?
  • FedEx outlets to appear in Home Hardware stores
  • RONA presents opportunities for vendors
  • Don Sherwood to retire from Atlantic Association
  • PLUS: Lowe’s provides trees, Stanley B&D exceeds analysts’ expectations, Grainger soft in Canada, Canadian Tire opens digital centre, Grand & Toy to close bricks and mortar, Black Eagle will give students a leg up, Wal-Mart enters money transfer market —and more!

April 21 2014

  • Home Depot’s Rapid Deployment Centres will aid online sales
  • Home improvement execs make big salaries
  • Dealers will have lots to do at National Hardware Show
  • Exchange-A-Blade launches rebrand
  • ANALYSIS: Lumber prices heading for a super-cycle?
  • PLUS: TIM-BR MART promotes Eddie Durocher, Canadian Tire to sponsor Habs, Canadian Tire’s foreign operations, Canadian banners among the top 50, Wal-Mart plans 50 new outlets, U.S. residential construction falls —and more!

April 14 2014

  • Home Hardware’s new CEO delivers solidarity message at 50th-year market
  • RECOMMENDED VIEWING: German DIY ads get creative
  • Paintings at Home Hardware Market raise cash for Sick Kids
  • Millennials, social media hot topics at NRHA conference
  • PLUS: Vicwest signs endorsement deal with Jim Caruk, Orillia Home Hardware named Store of the Year, Imperial one of Canada’s best managed, Dollarama reports annual increase, Canadian Tire clocks in at #38, Bruno Baldessari now VP purchasing at BMR,
  • TIM-BR MART appoints Valeriati as VP —and more!

April 7 2014

  • New roles enhance TIM-BR MART’s dealer connection
  • RONA dealers give back during Jamaica trip
  • Castle adds member in Alberta
  • Better margins boost Canadian Tire sales
  • National Hardware Show adds emergency preparedness
  • PLUS:
  • Home Hardware celebrates 50th, Zellers returns in Ottawa, Amazon.ca adding products, Lowe’s to pay out, Restoration Hardware on the rise, Kingfisher in negotiations with Mr Bricolage, Peter Miller earns Achievement Award, James Ryan now at Canadian Tire, Orgill’s Ron Beal inducted into Hall of Fame —and more!
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