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Encyclopedia > Designer Depot
Designer Depot
Type Off-price department store chain
Founded 2004
Headquarters Flag of Canada Toronto, Ontario
Industry Retail
Products Clothing, footwear, accessories, home decor.
Slogan "Designer Labels. Depot Prices."
Website http://www.hbc.com/designerdepot

Designer Depot is a division of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), a retailer in Canada. It was created in November 2004. The first location opened as part of the Vaughan Mills Mall in Vaughan, Ontario. It is a large department store that sells designer brand names at prices 25 - 60% below regular department and specialty store prices. It sells clothing, footwear, home decor, housewares, and toys. The merchandise is sourced from around the globe by a team of specialty buyers who buy the merchandise for various reasons, including order cancellations by other retailers, excess stock, liquidations, or bankruptcies. Their slogan is 'Designer Labels. Depot Prices'. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... Vaughan Mills is a large shopping centre in Canada, with almost 1. ... Motto: The City above Toronto Vaughans location in York Region. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... A drawing of a self-service store Retailing consists of the sale of goods/merchandise for personal or household consumption either from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, or away from a fixed location and related subordinated services (Definition of the WTO (last page). ... Liquidation, or winding up, refers to a business whose assets are converted to money in order to pay off debt. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ...


The average store size is 32,000 square feet. Designer Depot represents HBC's entrance into the off-price market in Canada, which is approximately $5 billion and growing. There are currently 9 Designer Depot stores, with plans to expand to 40 locations across Canada.

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Alberta

Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ...

Ontario

Nickname: Motto: Industry and Liberality Location of St. ... Motto: The City above Toronto Vaughans location in York Region. ... Vaughan Mills is a large shopping centre in Canada, with almost 1. ... Whitby (2006 population 111 184) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ...

See also

La Baie on Montreals Saint Catherine Street, with 1501 McGill College in the background The Bay is a chain of 97 fashion department stores that operate across parts of Canada. ... Zellers Inc. ... Home Outfitters is Canadas largest specialty superstore home goods chain, with 60 stores across the country selling bedding, towels, housewares, and other home accessories for the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with loyalty program. ... The Hudsons Bay Company, like most large retail and grocery chains, offers store brands, commonly referred to as generic brands, which are lower cost alternatives to name brand products. ... Winners is a Canadian family apparel, giftware, fine jewelry, home fashions, accessories and family footwear retailer with 168 stores across the country, As of 2004. ...

External links

  • Designer Depot Website

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