Canadian Tire helps Canadians tackle clutter

Storage and organization page on website features solutions for each room of the home and customized expert advice online

TORONTO, Jan. 11 /CNW/ - Sticking to a New Year's resolution to get organized this year just got a whole lot easier with the Canadian Tire's interactive storage and organization website page. Available at www.canadiantire.ca/storageandorg the site offers customers a variety of affordable solutions for every room in the house, making de-cluttering and maintaining a beautiful space this year easy and affordable.

The interactive website features solutions for the kitchen, garage, closet, laundry and basement, is easy to navigate and allows customers to zoom in and view storage solutions up close.

A special addition to the site will allow customers to submit questions on managing clutter from now until February 4th in the 'Ask the Expert' section at http://www.canadiantire.ca/browse/ask_expert.jsp. Clare Kumar, a professional organizer who has appeared as an expert on a variety of shows and in home décor magazines, will personally post a response to questions submitted during this time and provide expert advice to help Canadians get organized, easily and affordably.

"Getting organized is important to our customers. Through our interactive storage and organization website, and by offering customers a chance to ask organizing guru Clare Kumar questions, we are able to share advice with customers and make it easy for them to find affordable de-cluttering solutions for every room in the house," says Reg McLay, senior vice-president, marketing and sourcing services, Canadian Tire.

To help customers make even more informed shopping decisions, more than 17,000 of Canadian Tire's online product line-up has been rated and reviewed by customers, providing shoppers with third party feedback on products of interest.

In addition to the many useful tools online, Canadian Tire offers deals on all storage and organization products in the weekly flyer this month, providing valuable savings right after the holidays when customers need them the most.

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC) is comprised of five business units: Canadian Tire Retail, one of Canada's most-shopped general merchandise retailers with 476 stores; PartSource, an automotive parts specialty chain with 87 stores; Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of gasoline, operating 273 gas bars, 268 convenience stores and kiosks, and 73 car washes; Mark's Work Wearhouse, one of the country's leading apparel retailers operating 374 stores in Canada; and Canadian Tire Financial Services that has issued over five million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards and markets related financial products and services for retail and petroleum customers. More than 57,000 Canadians work across Canadian Tire's organization from coast-to-coast in the enterprise's retail, financial services, and petroleum businesses.

For further information: Joanne Elson, Canadian Tire, (416) 544-7778, joanne.elson@cantire.com