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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kentworld, post: 10414097, member: 35&quot;]Well, online shopping and covid delivered the big blows first, I think.&nbsp; But we have lost many fine department store chains:&nbsp; Woodwards (here in the West) was the first, Eaton&#039;s (venerable and as iconically Canadian as Hudson&#039;s Bay), Sears, and now the Bay (also hampered by sale to Target IIRC which prompty closed The Bay&#039;s low-cost and highly successful Zellers chain, and tried to start Target stores here. They failed and so The Bay didn&#039;t have Zellers to prop up their bottom line.).&nbsp; It was a downward spiral from there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am very sad that we&#039;re seeing the end of such a venerable company.&nbsp; The history of the Hudson&#039;s Bay Company and Canadian history are so intertwined.&nbsp; I am glad that you will still be able to get trademarked Bay brands and the iconic 4 colour striped wares at Canadian Tire which is also a Canadian store.&nbsp; I am sad that some of the very historic items from the company&#039;s archives may not stay in Canada.&nbsp; They should be in our museums -- at least the charter! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie21" alt=":beaver:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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