TIMBER MART Hosts Sixth Annual Buying Show, Sees Increased Dealer Attendance
 Dealer attendance was up at the sixth annual TIMBER MART national buying show this year at the Palais des congrès, held from February 19-20. Up fifteen per cent from last year, over 1,300 people attended the show, including over 400 dealer participants from across Canada ranging from commercial dealers, lumber, building materials and hardware retailers."The increased attendance that we’ve seen at our show this year is a direct result of our work with the vendor community to offer our members more exclusive buys than ever before," says Bernie Owens, president of TIMBER MART. "Our member-exclusive specials alongside the networking opportunities and educational seminars offered at the show provide our members with true competitive advantage." The 73,000 square-foot show floor features specials and hot buys in a wide range of categories and are presented by over 150 attending vendors. One of the twenty-two new vendors attending the TIMBER MART show this year, is Orgill Canada who was stationed on the show floor with a booth and promotion area  that featured a wide range of seasonal products, door busters and pallet specials. Also on the show floor, TIMBER MART’s "Solutions Centre" featured information hubs for all services and programs TIMBER MART offers, including: lumber and building material solutions, TIMBER MART Essentials, marketing, merchandising, and banner-support solutions. On February 18, TIMBER MART hosted its National Dealer Meeting at the Westin Montreal and opened the show later that evening with a welcome reception at the Palais des congrès. On February 19 at 7:30 a.m., prior to the show opening, a breakfast seminar was given by renowned motivational speaker and best-selling author, Martin Latulippe at 7:30 a.m. Events continued that night with a dinner, entertainment provided by band, Junkyard Symphony and local tap dancers, as well as a vendor-award ceremony where many of TIMBER MART’s vendor partners were recognized by the buying group and its members for achieving excellence in customer service, products and operations. About TIMBER MART In operation since 1967, TIMBER MART is Canada’s buying group of choice for Independents. It is a member-owned organization serving building material and hardware retailers, commercial dealers and manufacturers. TIM-BR MART Group exists to help Canadian entrepreneurs involved in the sale of building materials and hardware be more profitable. For more information, visit www.timbermart.ca. |
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