Brandon Home Hardware Building Centre Dealer-Owner Receives ‘Young Retailer of the Year’ Award

"On behalf of the Dealer-Owners at close to 1,100 Home Hardware stores across Canada, I’d like to congratulate Trevor on receiving such a high honour from the industry. His leadership, commitment to team work, community involvement and superior customer service make him a true role model for home improvement retailers everywhere."
- Terry Davis, CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited

ABOUT ‘YOUNG RETAILER OF THE YEAR’:

• The award recognizes outstanding performance and encourages talented young people to pursue a career in the retail hardware business.
• Established to identify and promote the next generation of independent home improvement retailers by recognizing retailers 35 years of age and younger across Canada and the United States.
• Winners are chosen based on professional activities and highlights in areas such as career and community involvement, hardware industry education and extracurricular activities.
• The annual award is given to eight retailers in North America.  

ABOUT TREVOR KOWALCHUK:

• Trevor was awarded for the ‘Young Retailer of the Year’ award for:  his business acumen, fostering strong employee engagement, marketing leadership and significant community involvement, including participation in the Special Olympics, the Rotary Club and the Kiwanis Club’s car derby. 
• Under Trevor’s leadership, Brandon Home Hardware Building Centre has grown to achieve outstanding success including a 63% increase in plumbing sales and a 54 % increase in flooring sales over two years.
• In 2009, Trevor saw a new opportunity for the company and merged with a Home Hardware Building Centre to create the current Brandon Home Hardware Building Centre property, becoming a Dealer-Owner alongside Louise Pilon. In 2012, Trevor became the sole Dealer-Owner.
• In 2011, Brandon Home Hardware Building Centre underwent an extensive expansion of the building, parking lot repavement and operating system upgrade with Trevor at the helm of design and development. 

About Home Hardware Stores Limited  
Proudly celebrating its 50thanniversary in 2014, Home Hardware Stores Limited is Canada’s largest Dealer-owned hardware, lumber, building materials and furniture cooperative. Founded in 1964 by 122 independent Dealers, the 100% Canadian owned and operated cooperative now includes close to 1,100 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners, with annual retail sales of more than $5.4 billion. Through the Home Hardware network, Dealer-Owners have access to a world-class distribution system and 100,000 quality brand name and private label products at competitive prices. Home Hardware Stores Limited received designation as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. More information about the company is available at www.homehardware.ca.