Renovators reinventing big-box retail
8th Sep 2005, 06:42 GMT
Sales at home improvement stores in Canada grew almost 9 per cent last year to a record $34.8 billion as housing starts reached a 17-year high, a study by independent market research firm Hardlines shows.
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