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Polymer Corporation – sold to NOVA Corp and then Bayer AG. Radio Shack (Canadian division) – electronics store. Seagram – spirits and wine. Target Canada – closed because of a $2.1 billion loss for Target Corporation. Terra Transport. Towers Department Stores – department store chain; acquired by Zellers.
List of Canadian retail closures (21st century) Throughout the 21st century, retail businesses in Canada have felt the pressures of foreign store expansions into the country, as well as a shift towards online retail. As a result, closures have been a mix of stores unique to the nation, as well as newcomers like Target Canada .
On September 12, 1902, Woodward Department Stores Ltd. was incorporated, and a new store was built on the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets. In 1926 a store was opened in Edmonton and by the late 1940s the company operated numerous stores in British Columbia and Alberta. Stores opened included Victoria in 1945, Port Alberni in 1948, Park ...
Index (retailer) Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos .
The Body Shop has shut down all of its US-based operations and will be closing dozens of Canadian store locations as it files for bankruptcy. In a news release earlier this month, the UK-based ...
Blockbuster (retailer) Blockbuster[ 5] (formerly called Blockbuster Video) is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain. The business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema ...
July 3, 2024 at 7:50 AM. Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy Stock Photo. Bob’s Stores, a discount store located in northeast America, is shutting down after seven decades in business. The retailer ...
The first No Frills store was a converted Loblaws outlet slated for closure. The store opened on July 5, 1978, in East York, Toronto. While it offered a very limited range of goods and basic customer service, the store promoted discount prices. The opening of the prototype outlet coincided with a period of rising inflation rates and consumer ...