Beth Rephann Mac Donald

RONA, Inc. operates as a retailer and distributor of hardware, building materials and home renovation products. It operates in two business segments: Distribution and Retail. The Distribution segment relates to the supply activities to affiliated, franchised and corporate stores. The Retail segment classify the stores that are part of its network according to two basic criteria: type of ownership and store format. The company was founded on October 6, 1939 and is headquartered in Boucherville, Canada.

Part of RONA, Inc., Lowe's Companies Canada ULC is a Canadian home improvement company that serves approximately 20 million customers a week in the US and Canada. The company is based in Boucherville, Canada, and operates or services over 450 corporate and independent affiliate dealer stores in a number of complementary formats under different banners, which include Lowe's, RONA, Reno-Depot, and Dick's Lumber. The company has more than 26,000 associates in Canada, in addition to approximately 5,000 employees in the stores of independent affiliate dealers operating under the RONA banner. Founded in 1921, with fiscal year 2020 sales of nearly $90 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates.