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Walter Hachborn, CM (July 24, 1921 – December 16, 2016) was a Canadian businessman and co-founder, with two others, of Home Hardware, a Canadian home improvement and construction retailer which supplies contractors and individual retail consumers.
Dec 7, 2018 · This is how the co-founder of Home Hardware started earning pocket change: as a stock boy at Hollinger Hardware in St. Jacobs, Ontario, earning his keep sweeping floors in 1938.
Dec 17, 2016 · Walter Hachborn, co-founder of Home Hardware Stores and member of the Order of Canada, has died, he was 95. A statement from Home Hardware says Hachborn died Saturday, but does not give any ...
Dec 23, 2016 · Home Hardware founder Walter Hachborn died Dec. 17 at the age of 95. Recognized as a visionary in the Canadian home improvement retail industry, Hachborn was responsible for the growth of the dealer-owned chain from its beginnings in the 1960s to the approximately 1,100-store network it enjoys today. Born in Conestogo, Ontario, in 1921 Hachborn ...
Jan 9, 2017 · Walter Hachborn grew Home Hardware from its lone location in St. Jacobs, Ont., to a multibillion dollar company with 1,100 locations across Canada. HO, Home Hardware/The Canadian Press. In a ...
Dec 19, 2016 · The funeral for Home Hardware co-founder Walter Hachborn will be held Thursday in St. Jacobs, the small town where he helped start the retail company. Hachborn died Dec. 17.
SPECIAL REPORT — Walter J. Hachborn, founder of Home Hardware Stores and the man who brought the co-op hardware model to Canada, died on the morning of December 17 at the age of 95.
