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#hudsonsbay

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Starchy Compliment

"There is some chance that the brands of HBC, if not the company itself, might live on.
"Another big Canadian retailer, Canadian Tire, bought HBC’s intellectual property rights. And, a billionaire from British Columbia, Weihong Liu, bought the leases to some of the chain"s stores and reportedly says she has plans to reopen."

355 Years on, Nix Oldest Company in N. America: Hudson's Bay

inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/after-3 via Inc.
Photo: Carlos Osorio/Reuters via "The Globe and Mail"
#HudsonsBay #HBC

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CoinOfNote

"End of an era after 355 years: Hudson's Bay Company permanently closed"

The English Royal Charter of 1670, issued by King Charles II, incorporated the Hudson’s Bay Company as a #fur trading giant in the Rupert’s Land (Canada). The company has been a fixture in #Canada 's commercial landscape since then, but closed all its stores on 1st June.

Here is a medallion marking the 300th anniversary in 1970.

#Numismatics #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons #HudsonsBay

(Nonsuch starboard) COMPAGNIE / DE / LA / BAIE / D' / HUDSON / NONSUCH (1970 Medal commemorating the Hudson Bay Company tercentenary)
HUDSON'S / BAY / COMPANY / 1670 (The arms of the Hudson's Bay Company)
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HïMY SYeD🟩:mstdn:

Friday May 2nd, 1670

King Charles II of England grants a Permanent Charter to

“The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay,”

To open up the fur trade in British North America.

Hudson's Bay's heraldic coat of arms—a symbol adorned with Four Beavers, Two Elks, a Fox, and the Latin motto 'pro pelle cutem' (“a pelt for a skin”).

Sunday June 1st, 2025

King Charles III of Canada visited Ottawa last week;

He did not stop at The Bay.

Pity.

| #HudsonsBay #Canada

Hudson's Bay Company Incorporated 2nd May 1670 Hudson's Bay's heraldic coat of arms—a symbol adorned with four beavers, two elks, a fox, and the Latin motto 'pro pelle cutem' (“a pelt for a skin”). Insignia / Corporate seal of company on plywood adorning wall of store. Photo by HiMY SYeD
Hudson's Bay - Bramalea City Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada Store Closing Sale Photo by HiMY SYeD
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MJ

It has been the final week of the retail business for #HudsonsBay , with both stores in Winnipeg down to selling furniture and fixtures in the remaining few days.
Will be interesting to see what #CanadianTire does with their trademarks in the future. They got a bargain buying it all for thirty million.
The downtown building, which closed as a store in 2020, is presently undergoing a complete transformation into Indigenous-led Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn ("it is visible").

Colour photo of the St. James Street entrance of The Hudson's Bay Company store at Polo Park, in it's last design, which includes a three storey tall rectangular column dressed in The Bay's signature green, red, yellow, and indigo stripes, which are each several meters tall. The entrance doors under the canopy are covered with "Store Closing" and 50% / 70% discount signage. There are three youngish trees growing in front of the text logo. The sky above shows high thin cirrus cloud cover, yet it is sunny all around.
Colour photo of the Meadowood Entrance to the St. Vital Hudson's Bay Company store, which mostly evokes their latest "livery", yet the red brick and black pointed lattice structure above the doors is of the earlier 1970s/1980s "The Bay" design. There are four trees visible below the store's text logo, which are situated to the right. The sky above is a clear light blue.
Colour photo of the former Hudson's Bay Company Building in downtown Winnipeg, looking southeast from the corner of Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. The building is six storeys and has a slight Art Deco style to it.
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Jeff Horton

Its 2042, there are only two Canadian chains left

Canadian Tire and Dollarama

They are in a fight to the death for customers looking to pay the lowest price for ketchup, toilet paper and random canned foods that you can buy outside of the last remaining grocery store owned by Galen, "No Fucks Given (tm)", where you browse shipping containers of vegetables.

#canada#canadiantire#hudsonsbay
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Jeff Horton

Is this the timeline where we end up with 400 years of Canadian Tire.

"Why when our stores first opened it was nothing but a wasteland of parking lots and our lowest prices of the random period we came up with for that flyer, but now in here in 2425 we are proud to announce we finally stopped letting rando hungover kids work on your space cars"

#canada#canadianhistory#thebay
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GeriAQuin

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The six stores currently omitted from the liquidation include three locations in Quebec and three in Ontario, including the flagship store on Toronto's Yonge Street, a location at the city's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, and one in Richmond Hill, Ont., as well as locations in downtown Montreal, at Carrefour Laval and in Pointe-Claire, Que.

cbc.ca/news/business/liquidati

CBCLiquidation of Hudson's Bay begins at all but 6 stores | CBC NewsLiquidation sales are kicking off Monday morning at all but six of Hudson's Bay's locations as the company continues to search for a way to restructure. 
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