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Attention Exhibitors:  Please do NOT send out Show Specials with Pricing and or offer specials before or after the show dates.  

Why let your competitors know your pricing and we want the Retailers to attend and why attend if they can get great deals outside of this show.  You can say something like "come see us at our booth #  for our great show specials only available for the 2 days of the show".

As per your exhibitor contract and rules and regulations:

6.  SHOW SPECIALS: In order to maintain the integrity of the Prairie Showcase, Show Management must insist that participating Exhibitors who offer show specials have them available for only the two days of the show. Show specials can be sent out but without pricing prior to the show opening. These rules will be closely monitored by the WRLA Board, the retailers and exhibitors.  Immediate remedial action, if necessary in the opinion of show management, will be taken for any reported infractions.

 
The WRLA office will be closed Monday January 16th – Friday January 20th. We will not be answering phone calls or receiving faxes at that time. If you require assistance please email wrla@wrla.org and we will try to get back to you ASAP.
 

Registration is now closed for the 2012 Prairie Showcase Buying Show & Convention.
Thank you to everyone who registered in advance!

Your name badges pickup times/registration times are listed on the chart below:

CLICK HERE for a full schedule of events

GET READY TO BUY!
CLICK HERE to take a look at our interactive floor plan before you get to the show!

 

Keep your employees on their toes with the
WRLA Mystery Shopper Program!

Have your store shopped once in the spring and once in the fall in 2012.

You don’t pay until your receive your report!

$99 per mystery shop

CLICK HERE to download the 2012 registration form



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Industry News

Bob Dale Gloves is proud to announce a hand protection partnership with The Holmes Group.




Bob Dale Gloves is a leader in product design and innovation with the highest quality of hand protection which Make it Right® for our partnership with Holmes Workwear™. If you are a contractor, home owner, construction worker, and/or working within industry..., Holmes Workwear™ will have the gloves best suited for all your hand protection requirements.

Holmes Workwear™ gloves are creatively unique, multifunctional, and designed to the highest of quality. These lines of gloves are an excellent addition to the Holmes Workwear™ lineup and will be launched through major retail chains as well as industrial distribution channels mid-year 2011.

Bob Dale Gloves continues in business with the values, traditions and principles it was founded on. A Canadian company with 50 plus years of experience in the glove industry.

Holmes Workwear™ products are designed for professionals and provide the performance a contractor needs and expects. "Work Gloves are a tool of the trade," says Mike Holmes. "They’ll help you get the job done right. Wearing the right pair of work gloves for every type of project means everything."

Mike Holmes is a professional contractor and builder, home renovation advocate and international television star who passionately believes in his motto: Make it Right™
 
Calendar of Events

In the January 5 ToolBox -  some dates did not match up with the events due to a spacing issue, our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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

Click here for the WRLA Education Calendar 

February 22 - 24, 2012
ABSDA Show
Moncton Coliseum,  Moncton, NB

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

 
Member Updates

NEW RETAIL MEMBERS

Built Rite Building Products
Box 240
10603 - 95 St.
La Crete, AB T0H 2H0
Phone: 780-928-0120
Fax: 780-928-0132
Main Contact: Andrew Zacharias
(Retailer) SEXTON

Elm Creek Co-operative
Box 130
Elm Creek, MB R0G 0N0
Phone: 204-436-2493
Fax: 204-436-2391
Main Contact: Dave Henderson
(Retailer) FCL

McLennan Home Hardware
Box 240
200 Centre Street
McLennan, AB T0H 2L0
Phone: 780-324-2164
Fax: 780-324-2209
Main Contact: Bruce and Marilynne Brulotte
(Retailer) HOME
 
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Westman Steel Industries
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