WINNIPEG – The North West Company Inc. (TSX:NWC), a food and general goods retailer in the Far North and rural parts of Canada, has appointed former Home Depot Canada president Annette Verschuren to its board of directors.
In a release late Friday, North West called Verschuren “a seasoned executive with extensive experience and significant accomplishments in the retail industry.”
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Verschuren joined The Home Depot in 1996 and led the company’s growth from 19 to 179 Canadian stores as head of its Canadian division.
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The North West Company operates in northern Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean.
The Winnipeg-based retailer operates 231 stores under the trading names Northern, NorthMart, Giant Tiger, AC Value Center and Cost-U-Less and has yearly revenues of about $1.5 billion.
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