MONTREAL, Canada —Retailer and distributor C&M Textiles has opened its newly expanded 40,000 square foot flagship location on St. Hubert Street to serve the custom residential and contract market primarily in Canada but also elsewhere. Canada is a country with a population of 35 million in a landmass the size of the USA. The population is grouped around the major cities with a lot of open space in between. The original founders of C&M Textiles (1948) Charles and his then new bride Hazel and his brother Maurice Auger expanded the St. Hubert Street location twice, and now, the second generation brothers Andrew and Peter Auger expanded it a third time to better serve the ever-growing design market. The best may still be to come if you consider Peter’s and Maurice’s plans to open another location on the north shore of Montreal within the next six months. “We’d like to open a new outlet every 18 months if we could because the business continues to grow five percent a year with the roller shade segment growing at 20 percent a year,” Peter says. C&M produces private label collections for other retailers or programs with other brands supplied by their customers. This is 30 percent of C&M’s business today and growing. Peter often shops MoOD and other shows in search of high end products, half from Europe and the balance from India, Turkey and the USA. “We don’t like Chinese goods as a rule “because the minimums are too high and the quality is not consistent enough for our needs,” he maintains. C&M places orders for 40-50 pieces at a time so for many suppliers, C&M is a great direct customer. With the 3rd generation entering the business in 2000, they also decided to add locations in Ottawa (12 years ago) and the dynamic Dix 30 mall in Brossard, Quebec. Brossard at 6,000 square feet is in a high-end outlet mall on the south shore of Montreal, Peter points out. He is President and CEO. C&M serves the interior designer trade, retail trade, and distributes to several other boutiques across Canada with a private label program of their exclusive lines. They have also revamped their website to facilitate online shopping and make their line available to worldwide markets. They offer turnkey service to all clients, and still have a bridal and eveningwear fabric department. Among the products offered are an exclusive line of low, medium and high-end hardware collections, and every brand of custom made blinds available on the market. C&M also offers all types of automation for blinds and hardware, with experts on hand to guide their clients through installation procedures and show them how easy and reasonable it can be to motorize any product they offer.