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Home prices nudging up

Ottawa -- Canada's most recent Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Home Price Index showed a slight overall increase in home prices in the country's major real estate markets in January. The MLS Home Price Index is published monthly by the Canadian...
Feb 6, 2012 3:00PM


Outstanding retailer honoured

Grand Prairie, Alta. - A past winner of a Hardware Merchandising Outstanding Retailer Award was in the spotlight again recently for doing what they do best.
Feb 3, 2012 11:55AM


Feds cut off retrofit program early

Ottawa - The Federal government has cancelled the popular ecoENERGY Retrofit program two months before its previously scheduled March 31 deadline. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced on Sunday that the $400-million program will no...
Jan 31, 2012 12:08PM


Richelieu posts strong 2011 sales

Montreal, Que. - Richelieu Hardware Canada Ltd. posted a healthy 17.2 per cent increase in sales for its 2011 fiscal year, ended November 30, 2011, according to new figures released by the Montreal-based hardware and home improvement products...
Jan 30, 2012 11:26AM


Chalifour to open retail development centre

London, Ont. – Hardware and building materials distribution company Chalifour Canada is constructing a Retail Development Centre (RDC), a fully merchandised retail store environment, within its existing London, Ont. distribution facility...
Jan 27, 2012 11:42AM


RONA makes executive appointments

Boucherville, Que. – RONA Inc., Canada’s largest home improvement retailer, has made some changes in its executive ranks. The company has appointed Dave Carr to the position of Vice-President, Retail, for Western Canada, and...
Jan 26, 2012 11:58AM


Study finds contractors using mobile devices to make buying decisions

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A recently-released study of general contractors, electricians, plumbers and HVAC specialists has found that these trade professionals are now relying more and more on smartphones and other mobile devices like laptops and...
Jan 24, 2012 3:46PM


Home Hardware launches contractor tradeshows

St. Jacobs, Ont. – Home Hardware Stores Ltd. kicked off its 2012 Tough as Nails Contractor Tradeshow series this week with an event in Peterborough, Ont. on January 16. These annual invitation-only events are designed to connect Home...
Jan 20, 2012 12:45PM


Retail Innovator Marc Robichaud passes away

Meteghan Centre, N.S. – Marc Robichaud, a fifth-generation retailer for UJ Robichaud TIM-BR MART in Metaghan Centre, N.S. passed away last week at the age of 36 after a short but courageous battle with lymphoma. Robichaud was known as a...
Jan 19, 2012 6:00AM


Global retail sales rebound, but outlook uncertain

New York – A new study of retail sales numbers around the world has found that the world’s 250 largest retailers recorded sales growth in excess of five per cent in fiscal 2010 (encompassing fiscal years ended through June 2011)....
Jan 18, 2012 6:00AM


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