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HD Buttercup closes after 20-year design run

LOS ANGELES — After 20 years, HD Buttercup, the southern California retailer known for its luxury home furnishings and designer collections, is closing. The stress…

adminJune 11, 2025

Lifestyle

Four brands unveil artistic, textured rug collections | Rug Report

This week, new collections from Lorena Canals, Patterson Flynn, Ege Design Studio and Jamie Stern take center stage. **************************** Lorena Canals rugs shown in beige,…

adminJune 11, 2025

Lifestyle

Retailers, tell us about your decorative accessories business

What’s driving the decorative accessories business? How did tariffs impact your buying strategy at spring markets and your product assortment plans for the rest of…

adminJune 11, 2025

Lifestyle

Meet the 3 Retail Star finalists for the 74th Retail Excellence Awards

The Retail Excellence Awards program by Gifts & Decorative Accessories magazine has been recognizing excellence in the independent retail community for more than 70 years.…

adminJune 11, 2025

Commercial Construction

Time to dig in: Metrolinx announces naming contest for TBMs

TORONTO — What will inspire you? Metrolinx has announced a naming contest for the Ontario Line’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs). The new TBMs will dig…

adminJune 11, 2025

Commercial Construction

Montreal officials say they’ve left no stone unturned to prepare for Grand Prix

MONTREAL — City officials and organizers of this weekend’s Grand Prix in Montreal say they’re ready for the more than 350,000 people expected at the…

adminJune 11, 2025

GST relief on new homes could save 1st-time buyers up to 0 on mortgages: report

Commercial Construction

GST relief on new homes could save 1st-time buyers up to $240 on mortgages: report

OTTAWA — The Liberal plan to give first-time homebuyers a tax break on a newly built home could have substantial impacts on housing affordability —…

adminJune 11, 2025

Commercial Construction

More transmission lines potentially on deck for areas across Ontario

BARRIE, ONT. — On the heels of an announcement last week to build a third transmission line in downtown Toronto, the Ontario government has announced two…

adminJune 11, 2025

Commercial Construction

NOTL council, Ministry of Transportation reach Garden City Skyway agreement

A deal struck between Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) town councillors and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) advances the twinning of the Garden City Skyway. The project entails…

adminJune 11, 2025

Commercial Construction

MIT rebar technology could triple the life of concrete structures

Rebar is an essential part of concrete construction. While concrete is very strong in compression, it is relatively weak in tension. Casting rebar into concrete compensates for…

adminJune 11, 2025