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Bunta Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 9 Location: British Columbia	Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:07 pm    Post subject: Anyone on here work at RONA ?   how many board members if any work at RONA ? or have worked for REVY in the past ?
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scuba Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 12 Location: BC	Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 4:26 am    Post subject:   Yep, I work for those quebec no-it-alls
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NAz Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 64 Location: Canada	Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 5:29 am    Post subject:   I am yet another neglected Rona employee. Scuuuuuuuba! -NAz
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Bunta Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 9 Location: British Columbia	Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:12 am    Post subject:   scuba wrote: Yep, I work for those quebec no-it-alls yea no doubt, all the old REVY's are getting majority of stuff from quebec(product wise) I dont understand, it probobly costs so much in shipping. And takes a while to get there.
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Huffer Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Aisle 6	Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:57 am    Post subject:   I imagine that the extra costs associated with shipping to the west coast is somewhat offset by the purchasing "alliances": Quote: Alliance International LLC Alliance International LLC is the third-largest hardware and building materials partnership in North America. This alliance consolidates the purchasing power of three industry giants: Do It Best Corp., Home Hardware Stores Ltd. and RONA, which represents 5% of the retail home improvement market on the continent. The alliance distributes over 100,000 items to more than 5,400 retail members across North America. The mandate of the purchasing group is to gain additional savings, which can be passed on to member retailers. RONA BMI Inc. Alliance RONA sealed a strategic alliance with ITM Entreprises S.A., a European giant in food and hardware distribution. ITM supplies to 400 French Bricomarché stores, a chain of do-it-yourself stores that is associated with SPAR Handels AG of Germany, one of the biggest buyers in the hardware world. ITM's ownership consists of 2,200 members with over 3,000 sales outlets throughout Europe. The two groups share a business culture in which groups of independent merchants are formed to promote the interests of members. RONA's agreement with ITM includes a key strategic dimension which involves pooling of purchases for specific lines of hardware products. I'd be curious to hear some vendor perspectives on negotiating purchases with rona et al.
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scuba Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 12 Location: BC	Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:51 pm    Post subject:   Huffer wrote: I imagine that the extra costs associated with shipping to the west coast is somewhat offset by the purchasing "alliances": Quote: Alliance International LLC Alliance International LLC is the third-largest hardware and building materials partnership in North America. This alliance consolidates the purchasing power of three industry giants: Do It Best Corp., Home Hardware Stores Ltd. and RONA, which represents 5% of the retail home improvement market on the continent. The alliance distributes over 100,000 items to more than 5,400 retail members across North America. The mandate of the purchasing group is to gain additional savings, which can be passed on to member retailers. RONA BMI Inc. Alliance RONA sealed a strategic alliance with ITM Entreprises S.A., a European giant in food and hardware distribution. ITM supplies to 400 French Bricomarché stores, a chain of do-it-yourself stores that is associated with SPAR Handels AG of Germany, one of the biggest buyers in the hardware world. ITM's ownership consists of 2,200 members with over 3,000 sales outlets throughout Europe. The two groups share a business culture in which groups of independent merchants are formed to promote the interests of members. RONA's agreement with ITM includes a key strategic dimension which involves pooling of purchases for specific lines of hardware products. I'd be curious to hear some vendor perspectives on negotiating purchases with rona et al. Well, Revy built its name by using tregional suppliers. This allowed Revy to recognize local trends and demands. For instance cedar is huge on the west coast for fences, sheds and decks while out east ( and even the praries) other products are prefered (metal sheds, chainlink, etc). We lost our "local" touch with these national gymics.
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Huffer Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Aisle 6	Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 8:36 am    Post subject:   True dat. Bah! It's the age of globalization! It won't be long before we're selling laminated bamboo 2*4's from China that have been milled in Bangladesh, packaged in Zimbabwe and imported by a French company utilizing Czech carriers. I guess it's a good thing we have one of those "melting pot" cultures.
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Bunta Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 9 Location: British Columbia	Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 9:41 am    Post subject:   Some stuff we sell is brought in for low dollar but price tagged under a premium price. All the made in china stuff that looks really cheap... I cant belive people still buy it, its so obvious that it isnt going to last as long as you think it should, so why do people still buy it ?
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Bodyguard Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1337 Location: The Collective	Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:19 am    Post subject:   Pardon me for butting in, but I have never heard of Rona....what type of store is it and where is it located???
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GoodFella Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 2353 Location: A little bit sideways!	Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:16 am    Post subject:   delete
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Bunta Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 9 Location: British Columbia	Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:51 pm    Post subject:   Bodyguard wrote: Pardon me for butting in, but I have never heard of Rona....what type of store is it and where is it located??? check the other thread dude. And go here www.rona.ca
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woodenhead Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 52 Location: Yellow Brick Road	Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:24 pm    Post subject:   Was hoping that Rona would buy from more Canadian suppliers but it looks like its Quebec or China . All western Candian ie Marble factory, Sunmar cut to hell or takin out so we can carry more cheap crap
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RonaDrone Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: London Ontario	Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 9:36 pm    Post subject:   I am a drone at Rona. I started at the Building Box before they got swallowed by Rona.
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woodenhead Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 52 Location: Yellow Brick Road	Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:58 am    Post subject:   :wink:You really have been here to long haven,t you
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