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856:. Sears had great ambitions for its seven Eaton's stores which included staffing them with spas, entertainment, food, personal-shopping assistants and brand-name merchandise. The Eaton's catalogue and website would be relaunched as well. However, Sears had trouble securing name brand merchandise consistent with the image of the new chain. This was mainly because of Eaton's bankruptcy. It was also because of doubt in Sears' ability to manage an upper-end chain, since until recently their merchandise was of lower price and quality compared to the old Eaton's and The Bay. 473: 70: 577: 399: 1053: 534:, the mother does not order using the catalogue forms (which are in English only) but instead writes a note and sends money to the department store. Because of the prevalent language and cultural barriers of the English and French-speaking Canadian populations, his family is unaware that the item could be exchanged, and they do not wish to offend Mr. Eaton by returning it. Carrier ends up being ostracized by his peers as a result. 1032:(from an architectural perspective) to be a poor replacement for the demolished Main Store. Designed in the style of the 1970s and intended at that time to be a statement of Eaton's dominance and its future aspirations, the modern design of this behemoth has not aged well (despite efforts by Sears Canada in 1999–2000 to improve the look of the building facades). Similarly, the main Vancouver store, connected to the downtown 729: 266: 501:

homes from the catalogue, with Eaton's delivering to them all the materials necessary to build a prefabricated house. Today, a large number of Eaton's catalogue homes still exist throughout the country, primarily in the West. The catalogue had many other uses, ranging from its use as a learning tool by settlers learning to speak English, to its use as goalie pads during hockey games.

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purchased earlier in September with an option to buy yet another Eaton's outlet. The acquisition of Eaton's assets by Sears Canada was officially approved in November 1999. The ten suburban locations that Sears Canada acquired would be converted to its nameplate while the six downtown stores would operate under the Eaton's banner. However, it was later decided that the suburban

927: 875:, who prioritized Sears over Eaton's and cut back aggressively on markdown strategies. By March 2001 Sears announced they were ceasing publication of the newly resurrected Eaton's catalogue "due to a lack of interest". Although Mark Cohen officially announced that the Eaton's chain had seen an impressive rebound in June 2001, by 2002 he retired the "Eaton's" name. 978:, which had been closed to the public since Eaton's bankruptcy in 1999. It reopened in 2024 after extensive restoration and renovation work and now a venue space for special events and a small restaurant called "Ile de France" (the original restaurant space has been repurposed as an events hall). It is protected as a registered historical site because of its rich 1114: 355:, the son of Timothy Eaton, became an early proponent of building a combined store and mail order operation in Winnipeg. Although Timothy Eaton initially had misgivings over the difficulties involved in managing a store 2,100 kilometres (1,300 mi) from Toronto, John Craig was eventually able to convince his father. Eaton's acquired a city block on 712:

began to cut back on sales staff and training in an effort to trim costs. A chain that had once prided itself on its buying offices throughout the globe and on the unique and diverse goods that it offered its customers had, by the latter half of the twentieth century, an antiquated supply chain and a haphazard and confused approach to merchandising.

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reported a possible revival of the Eaton's brand by Sears Canada. The company was considering reviving the defunct catalogue with an online presence. The chain's intellectual property subsidiary applied for new trademarks incorporating the name "Timothy Eaton", and continued to pursue registration of

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After the demise of Eaton's, most stores were converted to other retail banners or other uses, with the downtown Winnipeg store generating the most controversy. When the store was emptied in late 1999, various alternative uses for the building (including residential condominiums) were considered, and

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The new Eaton's was scheduled to open September 1, 2000, but was pushed back three times, eventually opening November 25. Consequently, Eaton's had missed much of the lucrative holiday season and opened with merchandise already marked down. Construction was haphazard; all stores opened unfinished and

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wrote: "There is hardly a name in Canada, with the possible exception of the Prime Minister, so well known to the people at large as that of Mr. Timothy Eaton." Timothy Eaton died in 1907, and was succeeded by John Craig Eaton as President of the T. Eaton Co. Limited. The company's success continued

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Sears Canada's difficulties continued throughout the 2010s; the company filed for creditor protection in June 2017, forcing it to put all its stores in liquidation by October that year. On January 14, 2018, Sears Canada went out of business and permanently closed all its remaining stores, succumbing

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The chain finally folded in 1999 after operating for 130 years. Though it had reduced its retail outlets, it finished 1998 with a net loss of $ 72 million, and it announced further closures and a corporate restructuring plan. This was unsuccessful and the company went bankrupt in August 1999. It had

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In 1997, seeing the success of The Bay in higher-end retailing, Eaton's lured their chief executive George Kosich over to try to duplicate the strategy. The Hudson's Bay Company filed a lawsuit saying that Kosich had violated his employment contract. Eaton's had also sued HBC for poaching several of

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Not all former Eaton's stores are architectural landmarks: the stores constructed from the 1960s onwards were typically architecturally inferior to their predecessors. Notably, the exterior of the Toronto Eaton Centre store can best be described as a mustard-coloured box and is generally considered

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Over time, the catalogue became a less profitable operation, and by the 1970s, it was a money-losing proposition. As Canada's population became more urban over the course of the 20th century, Canadians had access to a greater number of local stores, and were less reliant on catalogue purchases. By

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that ran the full length of the store. The store's first telephone, with phone number 370, was installed in 1885. In 1886, the first elevator in a retail establishment in Toronto was installed in the Eaton store (although only customers going up were invited to use the elevator, thus requiring them

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In September 1999, Sears Canada purchased all the shares of T. Eaton Co., eight of its stores, with the option to buy five more, and the Eaton's name, trademarks, brands, and website in a $ 30-million deal. In October 1999, Sears Canada added five downtown stores to the suburban locations it had

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In one particularly disastrous move, Eaton's moved to an "Everyday Value Pricing" strategy (also known as "Eaton Value") in 1991, which meant that all discounts and sales, including Eaton's famous Trans-Canada Sale, were eliminated. The strategy quickly drove away customers, but was continued for

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The chain that had touted itself in the 1940s and 1950s as "The Store for Young Canada" lost touch with younger customers, and unintentionally became known as a chain that catered to older shoppers. Once known for its superior customer service (with its staff proudly known as "Eatonians"), Eaton's

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Eaton's difficulties were not all caused by external forces. Poor management by the last two generations of Eaton family members to run the chain contributed to the demise of Eaton's. Stores that once served as landmarks in their communities were not renovated. New Eaton's stores built since the

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and Eaton's department stores, facing each other across Queen Street West, became one of Toronto's great business rivalries. The pedestrian crosswalk on Queen Street West, just to the west of the intersection with Yonge Street, was for years one of the busiest in Canada, as thousands of shoppers a

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By 1896, Eaton's was billing itself as "Canada's Greatest Store". The store continued to expand in size, and new buildings were constructed to house the mail order division and the Eaton's factories. The number of people employed in Eaton's operations numbered 17,500 in 1911. In 1919, the Eaton's

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in the United States. It served an important economic role, as it broke local monopolies and allowed all Canadians access to the prices and selection enjoyed in some of the larger cities. The catalogue offered everything from clothing to farming implements. Some Canadians even purchased their

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The success of Eaton's helped revolutionize department store retailing in North America. American retailers flocked to view the stores on Yonge Street and Portage Avenue, anxious to replicate Timothy Eaton's methods south of the border. Until the 1950s, Eaton's promoted itself as the "largest

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location would be run as a Eaton's store instead of a Sears contrary to what had originally been stated, thus bringing to seven the number of Eaton's-branded outlets. Most of the locations that Sears Canada acquired were closed down in October 1999 by the T. Eaton Company itself before getting

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The landmark red brick store, known as "the Big Store" to Winnipeggers, was a success. The initial staff of 750 grew to 1,200 within a few weeks of the opening. By 1910, three more storeys were added to the store and other buildings were constructed. By 1919, the Eaton's operations in Winnipeg

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that were being operated by Sears Canada while waiting approval to officially acquire them. In early October 1999, Sears reverted to regular prices the merchandise in these five stores (still under the Eaton's banner) while the rest of the chain run by T. Eaton Co. continued in parallel its

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At a news conference on January 14, 1976, Eaton's announced that the 1976 spring-summer catalogue would be their last. 9000 mail-order employees were out of work and many Eaton's catalogue stores in smaller towns closed as a result. Many Canadians were in shock. In one notable incident,

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The business prospered, and Eaton moved the store one block north in August 1883 into much larger premises at 190 Yonge Street. The new store boasted the biggest plate-glass windows in Toronto, the first electric lights in any Canadian store, three full floors of retail space featuring 35

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opened a Bay store at that location and wanted the statue of its former competitor removed. After a tussle with the Eaton family, who wanted to move the statue to St Marys, Ontario, the Manitoba government declared it a provincial heritage object. It now sits in the city's primary arena,

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In 1998, George Kosich resigned as chairman of the board and was succeeded by Brent Ballantyne, under whom the company was taken public for the first time in its history, issuing 11.7 million common shares at $ 15 each, while the Eaton family retained control with a 51 percent stake.

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were acquired to actually relocate existing Sears stores with their employees to the much larger former Eaton's spaces of these same malls (this was also the original plan for Yorkdale). Finally, it was announced in December 1999 that two leases formerly occupied by Eaton's at

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its executives. Aside from that controversy, the new retailing strategy was not only unsuccessful, it also gave rival Sears Canada the opportunity to move up to the market segment long dominated by Eaton's. Kosich resigned in 1998 and was replaced by chairman Brent Ballantyne.

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opened in downtown Toronto, replacing two previous downtown Eaton's stores. The complex—stretching 400 metres (1,300 ft) on multiple levels between Dundas and Queen Streets and boasting 200 stores—was anchored at the north end by a nine-storey Eaton's store.

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Eaton's transformed retailing in Canada, and its methods were eagerly adopted by retailers throughout the world. Many approaches to sales and service that are taken for granted by customers today were originally popularised by Timothy Eaton and his store.

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in 1997. At the time, the company had an estimated 24,500 employees and over 90 retail outlets. The plan was to close 31 underperforming stores, including two-thirds of its stores in Alberta. However, Eaton's limited the number of store closures to 17.

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Department Store (which commissioned the construction of the store), rather than Eaton's (which bought Spencer's in 1948 and occupied the store until the 1970s). In fact, the former Eaton's store is today known as the Spencer Building.

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the mid-1970s, it was estimated that 60% of the suburban customers throughout Canada lived within a thirty-minute drive of an Eaton's store. Others blamed Eaton's management for the catalogue's failures, pointing to the similar

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for goods was the norm, the chain proclaimed "We propose to sell our goods for CASH ONLY – In selling goods, to have only one price." In addition, it had the long-standing slogan "Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded."

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At a time when Canada's population was predominantly rural, often living in isolated settlements, the Eaton's catalogue provided a selection of goods that was otherwise unavailable to many Canadians, much like the

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ultimately all rejected. After a highly emotional civic debate, which included a "group hug" of the "Big Store" by hundreds of people in 2001, the store was demolished in 2002 to make way for a hockey arena, the

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Retailing and land use trends in the last decades of the 20th century did not favour Eaton's. Traditional department stores, including Eaton's, commanded an ever-shrinking share of the Canadian retail dollar, as

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Of the seven locations involved in this experiment, those in Winnipeg and Victoria, which were close to existing Sears stores (and, in the case of Winnipeg, in the same mall) were sold to rival department store

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would become Sears stores but these two were separate arrangements with the landlords of the respective shopping malls and, as such, not part of the 16 locations acquired by Sears Canada from T. Eaton Company.

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estimated that Winnipeggers spent more than 50 cents of every shopping dollar (excluding groceries) at Eaton's, and that on a busy day, one out of every ten Winnipeggers would visit the Portage Avenue store.

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In August 1982, Eaton's announced that it would no longer sponsor the Santa Claus Parade, due to increasing costs. A consortium of local businesses saved the parade, which continues to be held every year.

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By the 1950s, the Toronto parade was the largest in North America, stretching for a mile and a half and involving thousands of participants. It was broadcast live on radio and television in Canada, and

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building, and is currently used as a retail, office and residential complex. The Seventh Floor, occupied by the Eaton Auditorium and the Round Room restaurant, was recently restored and now operates as

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By late October 1999, nearly all of the Eaton's stores had been liquidated and closed. The only stores with the Eaton's name that were left in the country at this point were five suburban locations at

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renovated and eventually reopening as Sears or Eaton's stores. However, five of the suburban locations would directly be rebranded as Sears stores without closing. Moreover, the suburban locations at

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Eaton's sold private label appliances under the "Viking" label. These were largely manufactured by White. Many products were sold with the brand name “TECO”, an acronym for Timothy Eaton Company.

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In December 2016, a few months before its filing for creditor protection and subsequent liquidation, Sears Canada sold the remaining Eaton's intellectual property to a company affiliated with

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Many Canadians, particularly older Canadians, have fond memories of the Eaton's stores and the catalogue. Few defunct companies evoke the same strong emotions among Canadians as does Eaton's.

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at Donald Street, and the five-storey Eaton's store opened to much fanfare on July 15, 1905. Timothy Eaton and his family were on hand for the opening of the second Eaton's store, with the

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The first store was only 24 by 60 feet (7.3 m × 18.3 m), with two shop windows, and was located a fair distance from Toronto's then fashionable shopping district of

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The chain, which controlled almost 60% of all department store sales in Canada in 1930, had been reduced to a market share of 10.6% in 1997. The T. Eaton Co. first filed for

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For many years, the Winnipeg Eaton's store was considered the most successful department store in the world, given how it dominated its local market. As late as the 1960s,

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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

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were donated by Eaton's employees to the Toronto and Winnipeg stores, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the company. The Toronto statue is now exhibited in the

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The end of the catalogue and of the Eaton's Santa Claus parades, though being cost-saving measures, ensured Eaton's no longer held the same place in Canadians' hearts.

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Eaton's had two buying offices located in Europe: in London, in 7 Warwick Lane, opened in 1892; and Paris, at 103 rue Reaumur, opened six years later in 1898.

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in Toronto. The first parade took place on December 2, 1905. For a number of years, Eaton's Santa Claus Parades were also held in Winnipeg and Montreal.

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noting in its front-page headline: "The Canadian Napoleon of Retail Commerce Reaches the Capital – Views His Great Store for First Time – Well Pleased".

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was a 34-page booklet issued in 1884. As Eaton's grew, so did the catalogue. By 1920, Eaton's operated mail order warehouses in Winnipeg, Toronto and

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store, designed by Ross and Macdonald in the 1920s, was largely demolished in 1988, although two facades were preserved and incorporated into a new

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store as part of a redevelopment of Calgary Eaton Centre (in 2009 Holt Renfrew re-opened in what was once Eaton's second downtown location).

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catalogue), which continued until a much later date even though it never enjoyed the iconic status or popularity of the Eaton's catalogue.

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In the 1970s, Eaton's tried to expand its reach in Canadian retailing by opening a chain of discount or "junior" department stores called

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To publicize the parade, Eaton's published a number of books and records about a sad little bear called Punkinhead (originally created by

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buildings in Toronto contained a floor space of over 60 acres (240,000 m), and occupied several city blocks between Yonge Street and

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Eaton's conducted a large business in Western Canada through its catalogue. Eaton's considered

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to serve its catalogue customers. Catalogue order offices were also established throughout the country, with the first opening in

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In 1925, Eaton's purchased the Goodwin's store in Montreal. By 1927, Montreal boasted a new six-storey Eaton's store on

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1960s were largely indistinguishable from other chain stores, further reducing Eaton's status as a destination.

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near Eaton's College Street was proposed by Eaton's and a developer named John Maryon, but it was never built.

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A Labour Force for the Consumer Century: Commodification in Canada's Largest Department Stores, 1890–1940

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Golden Jubilee 1869–1919: A Book to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the T. Eaton Co. Limited

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was forced to resign. He was replaced by a former rival and Sears Roebuck executive from the U.S.,

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Canadian Museum of Civilization – Before E-Commerce: A History of Canadian Mail-Order Catalogues

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Eaton's leaves an architectural legacy, primarily through the work of the architecture firm

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Young, Vicki M (September 21, 1999). "Financial: Sears Canada To Buy Bankrupt T. Eaton's".

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In 1869, Timothy Eaton sold his interest in a small dry-goods store in the market town of

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was ordered from the Eaton's Catalogue, and sent as a kit. This example is located in

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Arse Over Teakettle: An Irreverent Story of Coming of Age During the 1940s in Toronto

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all took market share from Eaton's. By the 1990s, American retailers, most notably

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Through its new Eaton's chain, Sears held a number of prime locations in Toronto (

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The catalogue became an icon of Canadian culture, even appearing in many works of

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Two shopping centres in Canada continue to be called Eaton Centres, namely the

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A Window Wonderland: The Konkles' Christmas Displays for the T. Eaton Company

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The store was closed on 17 October 1999, along with 36 other Eaton's stores.

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these into early 2009. The trademark lapsed and was abandoned by late 2013.

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The seven-store experiment was not successful, and Sears Canada President

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chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in

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Footage of Eaton's Queen Street Farewell Sale and New Eaton Centre Store

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store, on Hastings Street, also remains and now serves as the downtown

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Eaton maintained the lease on the empty store at 178 Yonge Street (now

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at the time 64 department stores, two home stores and one warehouse.

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Eaton 100: 1869–1969, A Special Centennial Edition of Eaton Quarterly

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A Mile of Make Believe: A History of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade

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liquidation sale in the other locations with goods up to 70% off.

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Retail Nation: Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada

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The economic recession of the early 1980s hurt the company. The

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in 1999. Stores converted to Sears stores or shut down in 2002.

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department store for decades following Eaton's relocation to

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Eaton's pioneered several retail innovations. In an era when

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covered 21 acres (85,000 m) and employed 8,000 people.

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The cover of the first Eaton's catalogue, published in 1884.

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to pass by the various store displays on their walk down).

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Lunch With Lady Eaton: Inside the Dining Rooms of a Nation

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mall, was also built in the 1970s as a large, white box.

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hockey jersey from the Eaton's catalogue, but receives a

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CBC Digital Archives – Eaton's: A Canadian Institution

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The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Royal Family

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day comparison-shopped between Eaton's and Simpson's.

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Eatonians: The Story of the Family Behind the Family

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McNish, Jacquie; Scurria, Andrew (10 October 2017).

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As the family is 393: 1544:Olijnyk, Zena (4 October 1999). 1273:"Electrical Appliances Industry" 1112: 638:Ontario Downtown Renewal Program 512:'s autobiographical short story 281:, and he bought a dry-goods and 237:, an immigrant from what is now 2410:Manufactured home manufacturers 2430:1869 establishments in Ontario 2292:Eaton's Ninth Floor Restaurant 1938:86:4 (December 2005), 641–672. 1936:The Canadian Historical Review 1915:The Journal of Women's History 1820:Strauss, Marina (2008-04-30). 1502:"Eaton's wants longer shelter" 1084:Unsuccessful catalogue revival 572:The Toronto Santa Claus Parade 333:, north of Queen Street West. 1: 2339:Timothy Eaton Memorial Church 1866:Canadian Trade-marks Database 1358:. Archives of Ontario website 1302:. Glenbow.org. Archived from 2358:Lady Eaton Elementary School 2261:Spencer's (department store) 2020:The Store That Timothy Built 1377:. iUniverse. pp. 330–. 1231:Advertisement with addresses 215:The T. Eaton Company Limited 63:The T. 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