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The Bay
Type Department store
Founded 1670 - HBC incorporated by Royal Charter
1881 - HBC opens its first department store
1964 - Chain rebranded as "The Bay"
Headquarters Flag of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Industry Retail
Products Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need
Parent Hudson's Bay Company ("HBC")
Website www.thebay.com
La Baie/The Bay on Montreal's Sainte-Catherine Street, with 1501 McGill College in the background
La Baie/The Bay on Montreal's Sainte-Catherine Street, with 1501 McGill College in the background

The Bay is a chain of 94 fashion department stores that operate across parts of Canada. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Saint Catherine Street (now officially rue Sainte-Catherine) is the primary commercial artery of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company ("HBC"), North America's oldest company.

In French, the chain is known as La Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson". The chain uses both the English and French versions of the name in some parts of the country.

The stores are full-line department stores, with a focus on apparel, accessories, and home goods. Most price points are mid- to upper-mid; however, there is an assortment of everyday low-price merchandise. The Bay can be compared to U. S. retailer Macy's, and is more up-market than Sears Canada department stores. Macy's is a chain of mid-range American Department stores Its Flagship store in Herald Square, New York City has been billed Sears Canada Inc ( (more commonly referred to as "Sears" is a Retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces The average store is 135,000 square feet (12,500 m2). Flagship downtown stores exist in Canada's largest cities, including Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec These stores are larger in size and carry a much broader range of goods than their mall counterparts. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors

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History

Although Hudson's Bay Company opened its first department store in 1881, the name "The Bay" appeared in 1964 after Hudson's Bay Company decided to rebrand all of its department stores, with the exception of those located in Quebec. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk

In Quebec, The Bay appeared for the first time in 1972 after Hudson's Bay Company converted it's Morgan's department stores. Morgan's (formally Henry Morgan & Company) was a Montreal -based Canadian Department store chain

The Bay further expanded its presence in Eastern Canada from 1989 to 1991 by absorbing the Simpsons department store chain, and 1993 in Western Canada by taking over many former Woodward's outlets. The Robert Simpson Company, or Simpsons ( Simpson's until 1972 was a Canadian Department store chain founded by Robert Simpson in Woodward's was the name of a department store which operated in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada for one hundred years before its sale to the

In 1991, after 320 years, Hudson's Bay Company stopped selling fur. Fur clothing is Clothing made entirely of or partially of the Fur of animals The decision was regarded as a response to widespread public sentiment opposing the perceived inhumane killing of animals for clothing;[1] however, in 1997 the company reopened their fur salons in Bay stores. Animal rights groups, such as Freedom for Animals, have been campaigning to get the Bay to once again stop selling fur. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation.

Recent additions to larger (namely flagship) stores of the Bay include the Style Outlet and Pharmamart sections. Style Outlets, off-price departments located in 14 stores, offer designer labels at discounted prices, much like the Winners chain. Winners is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies. This department, introduced in 2003, was the launching pad for HBC's newest division, Designer Depot, which launched in the fall of 2004. Designer Depot was a division of Canadian retailer HBC. It was created in November 2004 and sold by HBC in April 2008 to the INC Group Of Companies

Pharmamart is a centre that includes basic grocery and household items and, among other amenities, a pharmacy. Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences This can be interpreted as an attempt to compete directly with Shoppers Drug Mart, Wal-Mart or others, and also as a response to the success of the basic grocery addition in the modern Zellers prototype. Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation ( is Canada 's largest Pharmacy chain with more than 1000 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Zellers Inc is Canada 's second-largest chain of mass merchandise Department stores, with 282 locations in communities across Canada.

In Downtown Toronto, the Queen Street Bay store, formerly Simpsons, includes the Department 'St. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The Robert Simpson Company, or Simpsons ( Simpson's until 1972 was a Canadian Department store chain founded by Robert Simpson in Regis Room' on the third floor. It is an upscale women's clothing department carrying some of the most prestigious and expensive women's designer labels in Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Designers include Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Emmanuel Ungaro, Balmain, Valentino Roma, Armani Collezioni, Louis Feraud, Karl Lagerfeld, Lida Baday, Andrew Gn, Bellville Sassoon, David Hayes, and others. Givenchy ( pronounced or zhee-von-shee) is a French brand of clothing accessories Perfumes and Cosmetics with Christian Marie Marc Lacroix ( May 16 1951 in Trinquetaille, France) is a high-end French Fashion designer. Emanuel (Maffeolit Ungaro (born 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French Fashion designer. Giorgio Armani SpA is an Italian fashion company The company designs and manufactures products in several categories including fashion accessories apparel cosmetics Karl Lagerfeld (born Karl Ottom Lagerfeldt on September 10, 1938) is a prominent Fashion designer He has collaborated with a variety of fashion

Started in 2007, exterior restorations are currently underway at three of the company's flagship stores in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. A new store in Waterloo, Ontario, is being built to replace an older, smaller location for 2008. Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality

In 2008, the company confirmed that it will be moving their downtown Toronto head office and most headquarters functions to the Zellers head office in Brampton.

Locations

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Ontario

The Bay Queen Street, located at the southwest corner of Queen Street West and Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, the de facto flagship store, is Canada's largest department store with 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of retail space. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts situated west Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts situated west Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly Downtown Toronto is the heart of the City of Toronto. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street (including areas slightly north of Bloor around Yonge Street The store occupies a full city block and is connected by a skyway over Queen Street to the Toronto Eaton Centre. A city block, urban block or simply block is a central element of Urban planning and Urban design. The Toronto Eaton Centre is a large Shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada, named after the now-defunct Eaton's [2] Fifty-two of this location's Simpsons employees fought in World War II, and are commemorated in a plaque at the south-east entrance. The location offers three restaurants, the Arcadian Court Restaurant, Great Cooks on Eight, and City View Café.

Quebec

Saskatchewan

See also

References

  1. ^ Hudson's Bay Company end its fur trade
  2. ^ Toronto Tourism: The Bay Queen Street

External links

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