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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Such as?
Zellers is gone. Eatons is gone. K-Mart is gone. Sears is dying. Giant Tiger has limited locations (in Calgary). Canadian Tire is thriving, but there is only a partial overlap in product. Perhaps it works if you consider Canadian Tire and Marks as one entity.
There would be a level of competition from the Bay, though it aims for higher end product. Some high-end competition has arrived, such as Nordstroms, and there is always going to be direct competition for specific items (Sportchek for sporting goods, the various discount shoe stores, etc.), but most of those were here back then too.
All-in-one department stores though? What else is left?
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There are 382 Walmart stores today. None of those examples were equivalent to the competition that Walmart is today.
In 1994 K-Mart closed 110 stores.
In 1993 Woodwards went bankrupt.
Zellers was struggling and in 1996 bought by The Hudson's Bay Company.