Yikes, Another one bites the dust! Hudson's Bay Co. announced that they are closing all 39 Home Outfitter locations by the end of the year. HBC says that this move is part of a plan to "costs, simplify the business and improve overall profitability." HBC is also reviewing their Saks OFF 5th Chain and might shutter some stores. This news comes after Payless announced last week the closure of all their US and Canadian stores. This news comes after Payless announced last week that they are closing all of their Canadian and US stores. Source: Global News
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Source: Wikimedia Commons Here we go again, Payless shoes announced that they are shutting down all of their North American stores, including 248 stores in Canada as it files for bankruptcy for the second time since 2017. Liquidation sales are already beginning at some locations and all Payless stores will close by the end of May. Source: Retail Insider
Old A&P store located in Bellville, Ontario. Photo source: Wikipedia Today on our new Lost Retail in the GTA series, I'll be talking briefly about the history of the former American supermarket chain, A&P's Canadian operations. A&P operated stores under various banners, including A&P, Dominion, and discount store, Food Basics, in Canada until 2005, selling their Canadian operations to Metro, whom rebranded most of the stores as Metro in 2008. History of A&P Canada A&P started their Canadian operations in 1927, opening their first store in Canada in Montreal. They used to also have stores in Ontario and Quebec, but in 1984, they decided to pull out of the Quebec market. In 1985, they acquired the Dominion chain of stores and sold their stores outside of Ontario to various buyers.A&P also purchased the Miracle Food Mart and Ultra Food Mart chains in 1989, and The Barn Markets chain, in 1995. Also that same year, A&P opened it...
Here is a 3-D model that I've made based off of Walmart Store in Guelph ON (Top Left and Bottom). This is based off of Walmart's new building design they are using in Canada. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit for the photo of the store in the upper right corner: CTV News Kitchener
Here is a list of all of the currently operating Walmart stores in Mississauga. This list contains store type, current and known past decor packages the store had, and some notes on each location. List Last Updated January 21st, 2019 Store Location Store type Decor (known past decors) Restaurant(s) Notes Square One Shopping Centre Mini- Supercentre Project Impact (low clearance version) (90’s ovals) McDonald’s McCafe Former Woolco. Sells beer. Two stories. Heartland Town Centre Supercentre Project Impact (Pre-Impact) McDonald’s Sells beer and wine. Grocery section is on the Left. Has pharmacy in the middle. Creekside Crossing (Dixie & Dundas) Supercentre Project Impact McDonalds Tim Horton’s Doesn’t have an Mr.Lube. Has a clinic Erin Mills Town Centre Supercentre Script Decor None Former Target. Two Stories. Doesn’t have any of the typical Walmart services (except for a pharmacy). South common Centre Mini-Supercentre Project impact (Black decor 1.0) McDonalds Meado...
I have compiled a list of all of the currently operating Metro stores in Mississauga. The list contains store numbers, store names, and what decor the store currently has. A question mark indicates information that may be incorrect. List last updated: December 30th, 2018 Store # Store Name Current Decor Notes 315 Metro Mississauga Valley Blvd. Fresh 2.0 (Dominion) This store does not have a instore butcher or Pharmacy 352 Metro Derry W. & 10th Line Fresh 2.0 (Dominion) This store does not have a in-store butcher. Still has fresh obsessed checkout lights. Has an exposed ceiling throughout the whole store 220 Metro Lakeshore & Cawthra Fresh 2.0 (Dominion) This store does not have an in-store butcher, seafood counter or Pharmacy. Has a drop ceiling throughout the whole store. One of the last locations in the city to be open 24 Hours. 334 Metro Meadowvale Town Centre Fresh 2.0(Dominion) This store does not have a in-store butcher or Pharmacy Has new...
Today I’m going to go over all of the Walmart Decor packages that were used in Canada from the 90’s to present day. Drawing of the 90’s oval decor Orange Ovals This decor was also called Futura by some people in the retail community. This was the first decor used by Walmart in Canada in the mid-90’s. This decor package usually consisted of purple signage with an orange oval with the department name in the Futura on the right and a picture on the left. The secondary signage was just an orange oval with the section name. Some stores with low ceilings only got the secondary orange oval signs. This decor also had red checkout lights. Black Decor 1.0 This decor package was used in the early 2000s. This decor consisted of signage with pictures, an icon corresponding to the department, and a black half-oval on the bottom. The checkout lights were changed from red to black. In this decor package, The store’s interior walls changed from white to beige. Dark Blue Pre-Impact De...