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Quickie Convenience Stores (in French, Dépanneurs Quickie), also branded as Quickie Mart, is a chain of convenience stores based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1973. In October 2012, it had 50 stores in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, approximately 300 store employees, and about 20 full-time personnel.
United Furniture Warehouse (UFW) was a Canadian retail furniture chain operating locations in Western Canada and Ontario. The company billed itself as "offering warehouse-style shopping at the lowest possible prices." [1] The company was founded in 1981 by John Volken, an immigrant who arrived in Canada from East Germany in 1960 at the age of ...
In 1975 it acquired the Bad Boy Furniture chain of 40 stores in Toronto, Ontario area. [5] Absorbed into The Brick, the rights to the Bad Boy Furniture name was lapsed and later revived by Lastman family in 1991. In March 2004, the company acquired United Furniture Warehouse which had 81 locations throughout Canada at the time. [6]
The spin-off furniture division would survive another three years before closing in 1994. [2] It was the last major Canadian furniture retailer to go bankrupt. [3] After Pascal went out of business, a small furniture chain started to use the name under the trademark "Club Meubles Pascal", resulting in a legal battle with J. Pascal in 1996. [2]
Leon's Furniture Ltd. (TSX: LNF) (Meubles Léon Limité in Quebec) is a Canadian furniture retailer which first opened its store in 1909 in Welland, Ontario. The controlling interest in the company is owned by the Leon family, while some shares are traded publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company has stores in all provinces of Canada. [4]
[6] [2] The 1962 addition added an Ogilvy's department store, the first location in a shopping centre, [7] Steinberg's, [8] and a Woolworth's. [9] A 1961 Ottawa Citizen article covering a mall expansion claimed "the new centre by its accessibility to through highways, will become not only one of the largest shopping plazas in the district but ...
Caplan's began as a small dry goods shop in 1897, and operated over time at various locations throughout Ottawa. In 1916, the store moved to Rideau Street, where it grew into a department store and went on to become a retail landmark in the city. Sam Caplan, born in 1898, ran the store for many years, and became a noted figure in Ottawa's ...
Pages in category "Furniture retailers of Canada" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.