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Pages in category "Defunct retail companies of Canada" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993 A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond , BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg , Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent ...
However, retailing trends over the subsequent decade and a half did not favour independent department stores such as Caplan's. The construction of the Rideau Centre across the street from the Caplan's store further reduced sales, and Caplan's closed on July 28, 1984 after more than 80 years in business. Sam Caplan had died one year earlier, and ...
Towers Marts began as a New York-based chain.The first Canadian store was opened on November 15, 1960 in Scarborough, Ontario (at the corner of Lawrence Ave. East and Midland Ave). [2]
In 1960, Hudson's Bay Company purchased Morgan's. [3] In 1964, the stores in Ontario were converted to the new name – The Bay. [4] At that point, the Morgan's logo was replaced with a new one with a similar design to The Bay's for the Quebec stores still operating under the Morgan's name. [1] The Quebec stores were converted on June 19, 1972. [5]
Metropolitan Stores of Canada Ltd. (often referred to as Met or Metropolitan) was a Canadian variety department store chain based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company was incorporated in 1908 as F.H. Brewster & Company, renamed Metropolitan Stores Ltd. in 1920 and became a newly-formed Canadian corporation as Metropolitan Stores of Canada Ltd. in 1961.
Zellers — Revived as a pop-up inside Hudson's Bay stores; Defunct department stores: Big Lots! Canada; Buy Buy Baby Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Buy Buy Baby; Bed Bath & Beyond Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Bed Bath & Beyond; Consumers Distributing — catalogue store chain ...
Retail (department store) Founded: 1869: Founder: Timothy Eaton: Defunct: 1999 as a company 2002 as a brand: Fate: Filed for bankruptcy; assets were purchased by Sears Canada in 1999. Stores converted to Sears stores or shut down in 2002. Successor: Sears Canada: Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario (with stores across Canada)