WHO WE ARE

Welcome to the online version of Hardware & Home Centre Magazine, the most comprehensive publication for the Canadian Hardlines industry.

Our site was designed to give visitors immediate access to the latest industry related developments and new products, and serve as a resource for those involved in all aspects of the hardlines industry.

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Other Facts:

• Centre is published eight times a year for retailers, contractors, wholesalers, and buyers serving the hardlines industry.  This includes hardware stores, home centers, building supply outlets, big boxes and lumberyards.
• Centre provides the highest editorial quality coverage of the most pertinent and timely issues that affect the hardlines industry.
• Centre offers more new products and trend-tracking information to create a more buyer-friendly environment.
• Centre publishes multiple special supplements to give advertisers maximum exposure.
• Editor Elena Opasini, with over 12 years of experience in the hardlines industry, injects special insight into her reports.  Market and trend reports are balanced and give good overviews of important subjects.
• Top class writers for special assignments together with the savvy experience of seasoned industry personnel like Bob Elliott, president of the Canadian Retail Hardware Association (CRHA), and Vaughn Crofford, director of the Canadian Hardware and Housewares Manufacturers Association (CHHMA) add to the excellence of the magazine