Eaton’s
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Eaton’s was a major Canadian department store chain that became a retail icon and helped shape downtown shopping districts across the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eaton’s canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian retail company
ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ department store chain ⓘ |
| businessModel | money-back guarantee ⓘ |
| competition |
Hudson's Bay Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson’s Bay Company
Sears Canada ⓘ Simpsons ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
Canadian retail icon
ⓘ
symbol of Canadian middle-class shopping ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| employed | thousands of Canadians ⓘ |
| familyControlledBy | Eaton family ⓘ |
| flagshipStoreLocation |
Montreal
ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Winnipeg
|
| founder | Timothy Eaton ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Eaton Centre name in Calgary
ⓘ
Eaton Centre name in Montreal ⓘ Eaton Centre name in Toronto ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
T. Eaton Company
ⓘ
surface form:
T. Eaton Co. Limited
T. Eaton Company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
| inception | 1869 ⓘ |
| industry |
department store
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canadian consumer culture
ⓘ
development of Canadian downtown retail cores ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Eaton’s catalogue
ⓘ
mail-order catalogue ⓘ shaping Canadian downtown shopping districts ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Atlantic Canada ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| peakPeriod | early to mid-20th century ⓘ |
| productOrService |
appliances
ⓘ
clothing ⓘ cosmetics ⓘ furniture ⓘ housewares ⓘ sporting goods ⓘ toys ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | bankruptcy ⓘ |
| slogan | Goods satisfactory or money refunded ⓘ |
| successor | Sears Canada ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.