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From: Loran <loran@invalid.net>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: BIDENOMICS: Iconic Tupperware Company to Close Its Last U.S.
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:36:47 -0600
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider

Alan wrote:
> Companies have been closing their US facilities for decades

There's the rot of globalism for ya, hosehead!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_retail_closures_(21st_century)


Name	Type	Date announced	Locations affected	Situation	Sources
Addition Elle	clothing	June 2020	77	Part of a larger restructuring of 
its owner, Reitmans. The company owns another plus-size retailer, 
Penningtons.	[1]
Agnew-Surpass	shoes	August 2000	223	Bankruptcy	
Best Buy,	Electronics and Home Appliances	Jan 2023,	15	
Bath & Body Works	bath	May 2020	1	Described as "rightsizing", it was 
part of a larger closure by L Brands.	[2]
Bentley Leathers	accessories	December 2019	90		[3]
Bose	audio	January 2020	3		[4]
The Bombay Company	home	January 2019	-	Insolvency of owner Fluid Brands Inc	
Bowring	home	January 2019	-	Insolvency of owner Fluid Brands Inc	
Bryan's	clothing	2009	27	Fell victim to the Great Recession	
DavidsTea	food	July 2020	82	COVID-19 impacts.	[5]
Future Shop	electronics	January 2013	8		[6]
Future Shop	electronics	2014–2015	8+	Including Boucherville, Greenfield 
Park,[7] Montreal,[8] Ottawa,[9] Regina,[10] Kingston,[11] New 
Minas,[12] and New Glasgow.[13]	
Future Shop	electronics	March 2015	66	The other 65 locations were 
rebranded as Best Buy.	[14][15]
Gamestop Canada	Gaming	2020–2021	2	
Gymboree	kids' clothing	January 2019	49		[16]
hmv	music	2017	97	Debt and declining sales. Sunrise Records purchased 70 
of the leases, reopening the stores under their own brand.	[17]
Holt Renfrew	department	August 2014	3	Locations in Ottawa, Quebec City, 
and Winnipeg
Holt Renfrew	department	May 2019	1	Retailer had a downtown Edmonton 
store since 1950.[18]	
Hudson's Bay Company	department	May 2020	1	Closure of a 207-year-old 
location	[2][19]
Lowe's Canada	department	December 2023	-		[20]
Jean Machine	clothing	November 2018	24	Remaining stores.	[21]
Mariposa	clothing	September 2008		Bankruptcy due to the Financial crisis 
of 2007–2008	
Nando's	restaurant	May 2020	21	After closures, the chain had 27 
locations open across Canada.	[22]
Nordstrom	department	March 2023	6		
Pier 1 Imports	Home goods	February 2020	67	Bankruptcy	[23]
Sears Canada	department	June 2017	59		[24]
Sears Canada	department	October 2017	74		[25]
Sears Home	home	October 2017	8		[25]
Sears Hometown	department	October 2017	49		[25]
Staples	Office supplies and Electronics	2014	15	move to online sales	
Stokes	Home goods	February 2020	40	Bankruptcy	[26]
Thyme Maternity	clothing	June 2020	54	Part of a larger restructuring of 
its owner, Reitmans.	[1]
Town Shoes	shoes	August 2018	38	Citing competition.	[27]
Victoria's Secret	lingerie	May 2020	13	Rightsizing	[2]
Williams Sonoma	kitchen	November 2019	2	Both locations in Montreal.	[28]
Walmart	Department	2021	3 in ON, 2 in AB, 1 in NL	due to low sales	
Zellers	liquidation	2011–2013	189	Target acquires the leases of 189 
Zellers stores, most of which it would convert into their own stores. 
Zellers would continue as a chain in 64 smaller communities.	
Zellers	liquidation	2012	64	HBC announces that it would not continue the 
Zellers brand in smaller communities.	
Zellers	liquidation	2020	2	The final locations served as liquidation 
stores for Hudson's Bay.	[29][30]
The final two Overwaitea Foods stores were closed in 2018; these 
locations reopened as Save-On-Foods.[20]