Industry Awards Gala
A chance to celebrate the success stories in a vital, growing industry.
Join us for the Outstanding Retailer Awards and the HARDLINES Newsmaker of the Year Awards at the
Hardlines Conference
October 17th, 2006 5:30–9:45pm
Toronto Congress Centre
Holding the HARDLINES Newsmaker of the Year Award is CanWel chairman Amar Doman (centre) with CEO Tom Donaldson (right) and Ian Gray of award sponsor LBMX.
Best Young Retailer (Chain stores) Jeff Kinnaird, with area sales manager Sara Keats of Owens Corning Canada and Annette Verschuren, president of Home Depot Canada.
Best Young Retailer (independent stores) TIM-BR-Mart dealer Mark Brumm, (second from left).
Canada’s top hardware and home improvement retailers will be recognized at the Industry Awards Gala, jointly hosted by Hardware Merchandising and Hardlines.
Hardware Merchandising magazine’s Outstanding Retailer Awards will be the focal point of the evening, honouring this country's best retailers.
The Hardlines Newsmaker Awards recognizes those companies or individuals who have had the most significant effect on the industry during the preceding year.
Together, these awards represent the home improvement sector’s most important opportunity to celebrate the people who move it forward.
More about Hardware Merchandising magazine's
Outstanding Retailer Awards
Hardware Merchandising will award eight dealers from across the country, in these categories:
- Best Hardware Store under 5,000 sq.ft.
- Best Hardware Store over 5,000 sq.ft.
- Best Building Supply under 10,000 sq.ft.
- Best Building Supply over 10,000 sq.ft.
- Best Contractor Specialist Retailer
- Best Paint Retailer
- Best Large Surface Retailer (over 50,000 sq.ft.)
- Best Young Retailer (under the age of 40)
- Best Comeback Retailer
To enter your store, or a store from your group, in this year’s Outstanding Retailer Awards, contact Steve Payne, Publisher of Hardware Merchandising at steve.payne@rci.rogers.com, or 416-764-1672.
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