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a virtual Store on the Floor where vendors
presented a wide range of SKUs and store-
planning ideas for TIMBER MART members to
explore for in-store use, as well as a TIMBER
MART area that showcased all of the group’s
offerings, including: marketing programs and
support, TIMBER MART’s LBM distribution
centres, TIMBER MART Essentials programs,
lumber trading and procurement.
The show also featured a virtual photo
booth as well as an awards gallery where
attendees could leave congratulatory
messages for winners of the group’s annual
vendor and dealer awards. In the evenings
from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST, the show’s virtual
networking lounge opened where hundreds
of attendees engaged in live chat and video
conferencing. On the evening of February About TIMBER MART network with a menu of competitive buying
16, TIMBER MART and TSG Branded Solutions Founded in 1967, TIMBER MART is the programs, comprehensive marketing services
hosted a special virtual fireside chat with NHL largest national member-owned buying and personalized support to drive independent
star and former Olympian, Shayne Corson. group in Canada for the true independent business success. For more information,
The 2022 TIMBER MART Virtual Buying entrepreneur. With hundreds of independent visit www.timbermart.ca and www.
Show was hosted on a cloud-based virtual building-material and hardware retailers, timbermartmember.ca.
tradeshow platform and was supported by IQ commercial dealers and manufacturers
Business Events. located in every province across the country,
TIMBER MART provides its extensive dealer

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