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[37] [38] A first Israeli Spar store was opened in 2024. At the beginning of 2025, Tokmanni Oy signed a license agreement with Spar International. The granted license gives Tokmanni the exclusive right to sell Spar products and use the Spar brand in Finland. Spar has had stores in Finland before (1962–1973 and 1998–2005). [39] [40]
Payless ShoeSource Canada — Shoe store; Kmart Canada — Canadian division of US-based parent; Canadian stores sold to Zellers; Knob Hill Farms — grocery store chain in Southern Ontario; Krazy Krazy; Les Ailes de la Mode — department store; Lowe's Canada — Hardware store, now RONA+; Lastman's Bad Boy — Furniture Store
3 Non-conventional banners with in-store grocery ... (downsized in 2024 to one store location plus one ... (North-Western Quebec and North-Eastern Ontario) Mr. Grocer ...
Mary Brown's operated mainly in Newfoundland (about 20 locations with 2 locations in Halifax and 1 in Ontario) until the late 1970s, when it began expanding in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. In 2010, there were 38 locations in Newfoundland and Labrador, 30 locations in Ontario, 12 in Alberta and 3 in Nova Scotia, for an approximate total of 83.
In July 2017, Couche-Tard announced an agreement to acquire Holiday Stationstores, the 18th largest convenience store chain in the United States, with over 500 locations in 10 states. [22] In August 2020, Couche-Tard was out-bid by 7-Eleven's US$21 billion acquisition of 3900 Speedway locations from Marathon Petroleum. [23] [24] [25] [26]
In the early 21st century, Loblaw brought the Superstore banner to Ontario as a response to the introduction of large grocery sections in most Canadian Wal-Mart stores and other department stores, and as a pre-emptive strike against any plans by Wal-Mart to bring its "Supercenter" format to Canada. Originally, Ontario stores were co-branded ...
The fourth store followed a year later in August 1958 in St. Louis. [5] On November 7, 1964, GEM opened its first store in the UK. This branch in West Bridgford, Nottingham, the first out-of-town superstore in the UK, [6] was soon taken over by Asda. By the mid-1960s, there were reportedly more than a million GEM members throughout the U.S. and ...
Canada's first indoor mall was the Lister Block, originally opened in 1852, in Hamilton, Ontario. [1] The Lister Block was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1924. [2] In 2011 the building was completely rebuilt. [3] Opened in 1949, the first shopping mall in Canada is the Norgate shopping centre, a strip mall in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec.