With high prices and, in parts of the country, concern about job security and the economy, renovations are booming.
With high prices and, in parts of the country, concern about job security and the economy, renovations are booming. Quebec-based building materials retailer Rona says sales were up 6 per cent at existing stores in the last quarter of 2014 and 10 per cent from the same period a year earlier. Western Canada was responsible for 30 per cent of the sales, spending $290 million with Quebec and Ontario making up the rest. Rona’s boss told Global News that the business had not seen a downturn in the Alberta market, where it operates the Totem chain. Read the full story.
