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Along with Ogilvy's, Freimans and Murphy-Gamble, Caplan's was one of the local department stores that dominated Ottawa retailing for much of the twentieth century. In fact, Ottawa was unique among larger Canadian cities, as its local department stores were sufficiently successful to discourage the expansion of most national chains (including ...
Freimans rose to become the most successful department store in Ottawa because of its prominent location at Mosgrove and Rideau Streets, its aggressive marketing and its low prices. The company also operated stores in Westgate and St. Laurent Shopping Centres , as well as discount stores called Freimart in Shoppers City West and Shoppers City East.
A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993 A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond , BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as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 ...
Oakville (Towers store 41) Trafalgar Rd., Oakville, Ontario (Trafalgar Rd. & Leighland Ave. area) Ottawa (Hazeldean Mall) Ottawa (Shoppers City West) Ottawa (Cyrville Rd store #42) Owen Sound; Peterborough (950 Lansdowne St W) St. Catharines (366 Bunting Rd @ Carlton St) Stratford (now at site of Festival Marketplace Mall - 1067 Ontario Street)
For much of the 20th century, Ogilvy's was one of Ottawa's higher-end department stores. Charles Ogilvy (1861-1950) was born in Edinburgh , Scotland and emigrated to Canada with his family in 1863. His father, James Ogilvy, established a stationery store in Ottawa, and Charles followed in the retail business by opening his own dry goods shop at ...
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Pages in category "1960s establishments in Ontario" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
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]