Winning Brands Corporation (WNBD)

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As one of Karry's clients, Rona would be a nice addition given similar stores in Canada include Lowes, Home Depot, and Canadian Tire. Seems like a natural fit, and we now have access to them though the new distributor. Also Bed Bath and Beyond is one on their clients as well.

RONA is the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, renovation and gardening products. RONA operates a network of close to 700 corporate, franchise and affiliate stores of various sizes and formats. With nearly 30,000 employees working under its family of banners in every region of Canada and more than 15 million square feet of retail space, the RONA store network generates over $6 billion in annual retail sales.

Although there are only 20+ Bed bath and Beyond locations in Canada, it sure would make a nice testing ground for expansion in the US since they are under the same corp.

Founded in 1971, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries is a chain of retail stores operating under the names Bed Bath & Beyond in the United States and Canada, as well as, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY in the Untied States. Through a joint venture, the Company also operates retail stores in Mexico under the name “Home & More”. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise principally including domestics merchandise and home furnishings as well as food, giftware, health and beauty care items and infant and toddler merchandise. The Company's over 1,000 stores principally range in size from 20,000 to 50,000 square feet, with some stores exceeding 80,000 square feet. The Company’s objective is to be the customer’s first choice for products and services in the categories offered, in the markets in which the Company operates. The Company’s strategy is to achieve this objective through excellent customer service, an extensive breadth and depth of assortment, everyday low prices, introduction of new merchandising offerings and development of its infrastructure. Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “BBBY” and are included in the Standard and Poor's 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Company is counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.