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Blockbuster LLC
defunct American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services; now a franchise brand name
Kmart
Kmart ( ), formerly Kmart Corporation, is a department-store chain and online retailer in the United States and its territories.
F. W. Woolworth Company
American retail company
Sam's Club
American chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
American retail chain (1971-2023)
Hudson's Bay
department store chain in Canada
Future Shop
Canadian electronics retailer
Zellers
Zellers is a former Canadian discount store chain, currently operating only one store location in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded by Walter P. Zeller in 1928 and closed two years later, it was relaunched in 1931. It was later acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1978, and after a series of acquisitions and expansions, it peaked with 350 locations in 1999. However, fierce competition and an inability to adapt during the early stages of the retail apocalypse resulted in Zellers losing significant ground in the 2000s.
Eaton's
The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as '''Eaton's''', was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying-offices around the globe, and a mail-order catalog that was found in the homes of most Canadians. A changing economic and retail environment in the late twentieth century, along with mismanagement, culminated in the chain's bankruptcy in 1999.
Woodward's
'''Woodward's Stores Ltd.''' was a department store chain that operated in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, for 101 years, before its sale to the Hudson's Bay Company.
Target Canada
Canadian subsidiary of Target Corporation
Honest Ed's
former Discount Store In Toronto, Ontario
Simpsons
defunct Canadian department store chain
Sears Canada
Canadian division of Sears