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- Hardwarehouse was a home improvement chain in Australia. The chain was an offshoot of BBC Hardware, which was owned by Burns Philp and then Howard Smith Limited, and had stores in Australia and New Zealand.
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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. Share.
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. Fast-forward nearly three decades to 1964, when Home Hardware was launched by Hachborn, Henry Sittler and Arthur Zilliax.
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Founded in 1964 in St. Jacobs, Ontario, Home Hardware Stores Limited is proudly Canadian and the country’s largest Dealer-owned and operated home improvement retailer with stores operating under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners.
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.
Before Hardwarehouse was absorbed into Bunnings Warehouse in 2001, it was the largest corporately owned home improvement retailer in Australia and New Zealand with 62 stores and over 5,000 employees, as it traded under the BBC Hardware name.
Mar 30, 2022 · “Home Hardware is a national home improvement retailer that is on an impressive journey of growth,” said William Zeyl, incoming Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. “It is an honour to join this iconic Canadian brand that champions entrepreneurship and community through its Dealer-owned business model.
Aug 23, 2017 · In every small town, there's a Home Hardware store, packed to the rafters with hammers and lumber and assorted kitsch. But don't be fooled by the quirky vibe—this $6-billion-a-year behemoth is...
