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The cover of the first Eaton's catalogue, published in 1884. In 1869, Timothy Eaton sold his interest in a small dry-goods store in the market town of St. Marys, Ontario, and he bought a dry-goods and haberdashery business at 178 Yonge Street in the city of Toronto.
Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation. It was later sold to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), which restricted the chain to the Greater Toronto Area.
Canadian Tire is known for its Canadian Tire money, a loyalty program first introduced in 1958 using paper coupons that resemble banknotes. The company's head office is located at the Canada Square Complex in Toronto, Ontario, and it is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Website. realcanadiansuperstore .ca. Real Canadian Superstore is a chain of supermarkets owned by Canadian food retailing giant Loblaw Companies. Its name is often shortened to Superstore, or, less commonly, RCSS . Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the banner expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s as Loblaw attempts ...
Becker's Milk was a franchised chain of convenience stores in Ontario, Canada. The company had over 500 stores, owned 74 retail stores and 91 franchised locations before being sold to Mac's Convenience Stores. The founders of Beckers were Frank Bazos and Robert W. Lowe Sr. The Ultramar gas station sign displaying the Becker's logo of the store ...
The deal to create Simpsons-Sears Limited, a Canadian catalogue and department store chain separate from the Simpsons chain, was signed on September 18, 1952, and the terms were 50-50. Each company put up $20 million and had equal representation on the new company's board of directors. The new company was to have two main objectives.
Towers Marts began as a New York -based chain. The first Canadian store was opened on November 15, 1960 in Scarborough, Ontario (at the corner of Lawrence Ave. East and Midland Ave). [2] In March 1962, a group of Towers concessionaires incorporated as Allied Towers Merchants Ltd. [3] After Towers Marts went bankrupt in 1963, Allied Towers ...
A&B Sound. Adilman Building. Agnew-Surpass. Aikenhead's Hardware. Les Ailes de la Mode. The Aladdin Company. Army & Navy Stores (Canada) Ayre and Sons.