Often times, people speak in hyperbole when it comes to explaining just how quickly Canada’s tech and startup scene is growing. Sure, there’s reports, studies, and even blurbs from top tech personalities featuring words like explosive and unparalleled, but these explainers pale in comparison to hard numbers.

[Vancouver, B.C.] Now that BuildDirect has secured financing and has emerged from its creditor protection in both Canada and the United States, it is poised to continue its expansion plans to disrupt the home improvement business.

In an interview this week at Shoptalk in Las Vegas, Dan Park, CEO of BuildDirect, discusses how the home improvement online marketplace is using artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize merchandising its site, particularly pricing.

[Vancouver] BuildDirect has named Dan Park chief operating officer, where he will lead and be responsible for all commercial aspects of BuildDirect, including P&L management, buyer and seller acquisition and the buyer and seller experience.

A Vancouver-based Web site that sells flooring materials has again placed itself on  the Online Trust Alliance’s Top 50 Honor Roll, proving that Canadian companies can be among global leaders in security, consumer protection and privacy practices.

Joseph Thompson, vice president of Marketing for BuildDirect, discusses the BuildDirect organization and its history, the various categories of heavy building materials products it offers, and the logistics solutions it has developed to bring these products to its customer-base made up of consumers and contractors.

B2B online marketplaces are becoming more sophisticated in the products and services they offer buyers and sellers.

Online marketplaces are becoming more sophisticated in the products and services they offer their buyers and sellers.

While BuildDirect’s heritage is in creating an online marketplace of virtually everything consumers need for home projects, in the last year the retailer has expanded its reach by leveraging its technology and supply chain strengths as well as its professional division, making it a formidable player in the $500 billion home improvement industry.

Online flooring retailer BuildDirect has announced a partnership with RoOomy, a home design studio that utilizes VR, AR and 3D technology. Together they will bring a virtual flooring capability to RoOomy’s iOS app.

Middle Tennessee Lumber is selling more online since joining an online marketplace a year ago.

BuildDirect is working with 3-D visualization vendor roOomy to convert its flooring images into 3-D and make its products available in the vendor's app.

This week we talk about buying solid wood and engineered wood floors. We had an interview with Grant from BuildDirect.com.

Grant Kish, BuildDirect home product expert, stopped by PIX11 News to discuss some do-it-yourself projects people can embark on to upgrade their homes.

BuildDirect, the first open network for heavyweight products, announced that it has become the first in the $500 billion home improvement industry to open its global supply chain platform for heavyweight goods.

Home improvement product marketplace BuildDirect announced its launch of BuildDirect Gateway, which the company calls the home improvement industry’s first open platform for heavyweight goods.

BuildDirect has opened its global supply chain platform for heavyweight goods.

BuildDirect Gateway, as the new service is called, builds upon the company’s experience in working with its sellers to get products to its 40 warehouses and to customers.

Grant Kish, Home Products Expert from Build Direct, is going to teach us how to make quick changes in the kitchen to make it ready for hosting over the holidays.

Classic Accessories, a manufacturer of outdoor equipment coverings, is uncovering what buyers want through a new e-marketplace.