- WRLA show has strong start at new venue in Calgary
- AQMAT Awards Gala attracts Quebec Industry
- Power tools, playing figure large in Canadian Tire’s spring push
- Target Canada managers to get cash payouts
- PLUS: TIM-BR MART adds paint line, Sexton turns 30, Sears Canada woos Target staff, Walmart opens five more, Lowe’s shares hit a high, Richelieu’s Q4 sales grow, Spain hardware fair expands, seasons define Laurentide’s colours, Collerone promoted at Sexton, Richard Simms retires, U.S. housing starts—and more!
- Target announces withdrawal from Canada
- White to step down at Taiga, Balog to take over
- Goodfellow continues expansion in Western Canada
- Canadian Tire unveils new private brands for spring
- PLUS: Home Hardware’s Contractor Tradeshows continue, RONA promotes Air Miles, Shopatron’s ship-to-home capabilities, J.C. Penney to close 40 stores, International Hardware Fair has new dates, Renoworks Software partners with U.S. platform, Jeff Crews joins Richelieu, retail sales —and more!
- RONA takes selective approach to dealer recruitment
- Home Hardware re-brands its contractor events
- CHHMA names Straus, Gilbart to Hall of Fame
- Ace acquires Jensen Distribution Services
- Lowe’s keeps adding to its “Smart Home” platforms
- PLUS: Harold and Goetz joins Castle, Canac building new outlet, Ace sponsors PGA golfer, Target ready to pull out of Canada?, Restoration Hardware building mega-showroom, Nicholson and Cates partners with Horizon, Ply Gem to host ProTalk at WRLA show, McRobbie joins Bosch, housing prices —and more!
- Top Stories of 2014: the news that shaped the year
- Home Hardware announces year-end management changes
- Can big boxes buck trend as many retailers face uncertainty?
- How the rich shop for home furnishings: new study
- PLUS: Anrprior Home Hardware lights up Ottawa, Ace Hardware partners with Spike TV, Kingfisher to sell Chinese interests, AFA’s Al Jack passes away, Canadians choosing Walmart over Target?, “buy online, pickup in-store” still sucks, Grainger’s sales up in November, Luc Nantel joins RONA’s Shanghai merchandising team, Jim Inglis to receive the Global DIY Lifetime Award —and more!
- Guardian Building Products to pull out of Canada
- In memoriam: ABSDA’s former president Don Sherwood
- OSB makers Norbord and Ainsworth to merge
- Superior Plus restructures Construction Products business
- Canadians prefer to shop Canadian on Black Friday
- PLUS: Stanley National Hardware pulls out of Canada, Sexton Group adds member, feds crack down on high prices, HBC reports healthy Q3, Crown Bolt sold back to Home Depot, Sears Holdings narrows loss, Peter Miller wins Industry Achievement Award, Chantal Glenisson to head Réno-Dépôt, housing starts rise —and more!
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