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Walmart Canada turns 25 this week!

I can't believe that this week, it has already been 25 years since they brought Woolco's Canadian stores in March of 1994.Walmart came along way from the  run down Woolco days. Walmart now boasts around stores, up from the 122 stores they had when they first started in Canada. Here's a Instagram post from Walmart for their 25th anniversary. View this post on Instagram Posted @withrepost • @leetappenden Happy 25th birthday @walmartcanada! It has been our pleasure serving our customers and helping to build strong communities. Thank you to our associates for your hard work and dedication. Thank you to our customers for continuing to put your trust in us. I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last 25 years and I can’t wait to see what the next 25 have in store! #thisisthatplace Bon 25e anniversaire Canada @walmartcanada! Nous avons eu le plaisir de servir nos clients et d’aider à bâtir des communautés fortes. Merci

Former Sears: Erin Mills Town Centre Mississauga

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Here's a shot of the abandoned Sears store at Erin Mills Town Centre in Mississauga. This was the last Sears in the city, which made it till the very end and closed in January, 2018 due to the bankruptcy. I believe that this store might have been renovating to the Sears 2.0 concept judging by the blackdout sign above the doors that said "Major reinvention in progress" or something like that. You can see to the right rhe old labelscar from the watch repair place in the Sears. I hope that you like my post on the abandoned Sears in Erin Mills Town Centre. Until next post -DZ

Gap and Old Navy to Split

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Gap plans on spinning off Old Navy as it's own company. The new company will house Gap and Banana Repuplic, while Old Navy will become it's own company. Gap made this move because Old Navy has better growth and sales than Gap's other divisions.

Walmart Supercentre Square One Facts

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Here are some facts about one of the most interesting Walmart locations in Mississauga. The Square One Walmart opened as a Division 1 store in 1994 after Walmart brought most of the Woolco stores. It was renovated into a Supercentre in 2012.  Open 7am-11pm Store #3055 is one of the last remaining “Walco” stores in the area.  It still retains Woolco's overall exterior design of grey concrete squares. Google Street View of the store, showing the old Woolco exterior The store is 2 floors and is about 225,000 sqft.  It has a whopping 42 lanes and 8 self checkouts.  This store has all of the typical Walmart services, including a Pharmacy, Vision Centre, Photo Studio,and Travel. Map of the store that I've made. Updated March, 2019 Above is a map of the store. This store still uses Woolco's old Auto garage as a Mr. Lube. It used to be a Walmart Tire and Lube, until they sold them to Mr. Lube.  Instead of a Pickup desk, this store has pickup lockers at the f