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Canadian Tire Petroleum (CTP), operating as Canadian Tire Gas+, is the division of Canadian Tire which operates gas stations and car washes. [2] CTP was founded in 1958 as a means of increasing customer traffic to Canadian Tire stores. [34] In Ontario, CTP also operates Pit Stop, which provides services like oil changes and rust checks.
Reid was born in 1933 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and as a boy moved to the working-class Montreal suburb of Verdun. Reid's mother worked in the retail industry, behind the lunch counter at the Woolworth's in downtown Montreal. [2] His own retailing career began at age 13, gift-wrapping parcels part-time at the Robert Simpson Company in ...
Discount Tire Company was founded by Bruce Halle as a tire shop in 1960, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Halle had taken out a $400 loan to open the store, originally having six tires from a previous failed automotive supply company. In 1970, the company expanded to Arizona, with its headquarters being built in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company grew to ...
Menard, Inc., doing business as Menards, (/ məˈnɑːrdz / mə-NARDZ) is an American big-box home improvement retail chain headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is the third-largest home improvement retailer in the United States (behind Lowe's and The Home Depot), with 351 stores in 15 U.S. states, primarily in the Midwest. [1]
Website. www.loblaw.ca. Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel. [4] Loblaw operates a private label program that includes grocery and household items, clothing, baby ...
Zellers was a Canadian discount store chain founded by Walter P. Zeller in 1931. It was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1978, and after a series of acquisitions and expansions, peaked with 350 locations in 1999. [2] However, fierce competition and an inability to adapt during the retail apocalypse resulted in Zellers losing ...
Canadian Tire Corporation purchased Mark’s Work Wearhouse for $109 million in early 2002. [2] At this time, Mark's Work Wearhouse operated 325 corporate and franchisee stores in Canada. The acquisition provided Mark’s Work Wearhouse with additional capital which allowed it to grow between 2001 and 2008 to 372 stores across Canada.
Giant Tiger Stores Limited is a Canadian discount store chain which operates over 260 stores across Canada. [1] The company's stores operate under the Giant Tiger banner in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan; under the GTExpress and Scott's Discount banners in Ontario and under the Tigre Géant banner in Quebec.