[Reaper]

Honestly, I'm not that upset by HBC being bought by an American company. I can still remember its place in history regardless of who owns it. As a consumer I hope that the new ownership manages to revamp HBC so that it can be appealing to the Canadian marketplace. Over the past few years it was starting to become very "Eaton's-like" and unappealing. The only thing I've bought from the Bay in the last ten years were some discounted flatware as everything they sell is typically overpriced, there are rarely enough salespeople working cash registers and the demographic focus seems to be my parents' generation.