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.

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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

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