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The Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, it became the largest and oldest corporation in Canada, and now owns and operates retail stores across the country. [3] [4] The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay ...
It is the flagship brand of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), the oldest and longest-surviving company in North America as well as one of the oldest and largest continuously operating companies in the world. [7] [8] Founded on 2 May 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company opened its first department store in 1881 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The settlement cost HBC almost US$950,000. In March 2020, HBC introduced a special share class based on a drawdown structure to take advantage of sharp share price decreases following recent historic highs. HBC was an investor of Digital World Acquisition Corp. which later became Trump Media & Technology Group.
The merger means that HBC’s Canadian business, which includes Hudson’s Bay department stores and $2 billion in property across the country, will operate separately from Saks Global. The unit ...
Richard Alan Baker (born November 27, 1965) [1] is an American business executive. He is the Governor, CEO, and Executive Chairman of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) [3] and executive chairman of each of HBC's eight portfolio companies. [4] He is also the owner of National Realty and Development Corp. (NRDC), [5] a US-based private real estate ...
Designated. 1936. York Factory was a settlement and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) factory (trading post) on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Hayes River, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south-southeast of Churchill . York Factory was one of the first fur-trading posts established by ...
Fort Rupert. / 50.69444°N 127.41194°W / 50.69444; -127.41194. Fort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fort on the east coast near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. [1] The unincorporated community on Beaver Harbour [2] is about 11 kilometres (7 mi) by road southeast of Port Hardy .
The flag of the Hudson's Bay Company is used to represent the Hudson's Bay Company. [1] The flag varied over time. From July 21, 1682, to 1965, the flag consisted of the Red Ensign with the letters "HBC" in the lower field. In 1970 the company used the flag that display the company's coat of arms. Since 2012, the company flag is the banner form ...