Exhibitors and Retailers CLICK HERE to Register Online NOW!
Pre-register now in order to attend the Prairie Showcase. Go to our www.wrla.org and follow the link. Don't assume you are registered - check and make sure to avoid the line-ups at the onsite registration desk!
EXHIBITORS: Just because you are registered to have a booth at the 2012 Prairie Showcase does NOT MEAN that you are registered for badges. Avoid the line-ups, please ensure that your company has registered all of your booth staff for name badges before you arrive at the show.
If you are an exhibitor at the 2012 Prairie Showcase you must select "WRLA Exhibitor" (see below)
At the end of registering you must click the "Finish" button at the bottom of the page otherwise your registration will not be processed.
Check http://www.wrla.org/prairieshowcase/index.html for badge pickup times and locations.
* There is no charge for exhibitors or retailers to enter the show,only evening events!.
* VISA or MASTERCARD required at time of registration for event tickets.
Questions? Call 800-661-0253 for all your answers!
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To All WRLA Members,
I want to take a minute to update WRLA members on our Strategic Planning process. Last October a survey was sent to all WRLA members. This survey was the first step in the development of a strategic plan that will drive this association for the next 3 to 4 years. Your response rate was outstanding. Most electronic surveys average a 10-12% response rate. But we had an incredible 25% of our members reply to the questions! Those questions asking for a written response also received hundreds of replies. These numbers prove that you firmly believe in our association and are dedicated to helping us chart a course for the future. Our next step will be just as exciting. On Tuesday, December 6th, the WRLA will be hosting an Industry Symposium. This one day meeting will be attended by 20 of the industry’s leading decision makers representing retailers, distributors, and all the buying groups. The input from this meeting will be combined with the results of our member survey and delivered to our strategic planning committee.
This committee will be responsible for developing a strategic plan that will be presented to the Board of Directors in June 2012. Our goal is to ensure the WRLA is properly positioned to offer maximum value to both our members and the industry as a whole.
Our Strategic Planning Committee members are: Karen Clement, Mike Doyle, Rob Hauser, Martha Konantz, Michael McLarney, and myself.
I will keep you updated as we travel through this important process in the history of the WRLA.
Gary Hamilton, CAE
President
Western Retail Lumber Association
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The Retail Business Management Studies Program will take place in Edmonton from
March 6 to March 22, 2012.
Read all about the course and the instructor and plan to attend yourself or to send your key people.
"I (we) took part in all 6 courses and left with an incredible amount of knowledge! All of us left having a new insight and perspective on how to "effectively" and "efficiently" run our lumber yard! We also just completed our inventory with a shrink percent of .02%. I would recommend this powerful 6 course modules to anyone!"
-David Bakker, General Manager, ALTA-WIDE Builders Supplies Ltd., Whitecourt, Alberta
CLICK HERE to view the brochure
Online registration to open in December 2011
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Many Thanks to our 2012 Prairie Showcase Sponsors
Platinum ˜ $20,000
Castle Building Centres Group Ltd.
JELD-WEN Windows & Doors
The Sexton Group Ltd.
Tourism Saskatoon & City of Saskatoon
Gold ˜ $5,000
Epicor Software Solutions
Home Hardware Stores Limited
Lancashire Distribution
Madero Distribution
Owens Corning
Ply Gem
Rona Inc.
Silver ˜ $2,500
All-Fab Building Components
Can-Cell Industries Inc.
Guardian Building Products Distribution
Naylor Publishing
Steel-Craft Door Products Ltd.
Bronze ˜ $1,000
Alliance Door
CanWelBroadleaf
Cherry Insurance
Duchesne et Fils ltee
Harris Rebar
Mitten Inc.
Morneau Shepell
National Forest Products
Resisto
Convention Club ˜ $500
Johns Manville Canada Inc.
National Concrete Accessories
OGC Inc.
ProfitMaster Canada
Seljax
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RONA inc. announced today the expiration and results of the first offer ("Offer 1") of its previously announced Offers (as defined below). Offer 1, which has been conducted as a modified "Dutch Auction", expired at 5:00 p.m., Montreal time, on November 28, 2011.
As announced on November 3, 2011, Offer 1 was the first of two successive offers to purchase for cash (collectively, the "Offers"), a portion of RONA’s 5.40% Debentures due October 20, 2016 (Unsecured) (the "Debentures"). The terms and conditions of both Offers are set out in the offers to purchase of RONA dated November 3, 2011 (as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.
Click here to read the complete details
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Regina-based Brandt Group of Companies announced yesterday that they have surpassed a major financial milestone: $1 billion in annual revenue. To show their appreciation to the customers, employees, and communities who have helped them reach this level of success, Brandt will be giving back more than $3 million before the end of 2012.
Reaching $1 billion in annual sales is an accomplishment rarely achieved by Canadian companies - let alone privately owned companies like Brandt. Bucking downward global economic trends, Brandt has succeeded against all odds and continues to grow and prosper.
"We owe it all to a great team of employees and loyal customers," says Brandt Chairman Gavin Semple. "We couldn't have done it without them."
"Few companies ever achieve a billion dollars in annual revenue. Even fewer give it back," says Brandt President Shaun Semple. "We are very grateful and we want to say thanks by giving back over $3 million to our employees, our customers, and our communities. We know that it's their support that helped make this happen - so it's only fitting that we'd include them in a significant way as we celebrate this accomplishment."
Already a generous contributor to the communities it serves, Brandt has some very special things planned for 2012 to celebrate this milestone. Effective today, Brandt will launch its "Thanks a Billion" Program that will feature special gifts and promotions all year long. To follow all the happenings, Brandt has launched thanksabillion.ca, a new website developed especially to map campaign announcements and activities.
Brandt made its first major donations of the campaign at yesterday's news conference, with presentations of $100,000 to the United Way and $50,000 to the Children's Wish Foundation.
"Even though we've been operating for more than eighty years, it feels like we're just getting started," says Shaun Semple. "As great as this news is, we know that the best is yet to come from Brandt."
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To view our WRLA Education Calendar CLICK HERE
January 18-20, 2012
2012 Prairie Showcase Buying Show & Convention
Prairieland Park, Saskatoon
ckelly@wrla.org
February 2, 3, & 4, 2012
Orgill 2012 Spring Market
Orlando, FL
www.orgill.com
February 22-24, 2012
ABSDA Show
Moncton, NB
www.absda.ca
March 30-31, 2012
TIM-BR MART National Buying Show
Toronto Congress Centre, Toronto, ON
April 14 - 16, 2012
TruServ Canada Spring Market
Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, MB
www.truserv.ca
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NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Armson Sales and Distribution (Head Office)
19112 90th Ave.
Surrey, BC V4N 3X1
Phone: 604-882-2115
Fax: 604-882-2110
Main Contact: Robert D. Jones
robertdjones@shaw.ca
www.armsonsales.com
(Distributor) building hardware - nailers, staplers, LED lights, tapes, markers, squares and nozzles
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