Eaton’s department store chain

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defunct company department store chain

Eaton’s department store chain was a once-dominant Canadian retail empire founded in the 19th century, known for its flagship stores, catalogues, and major influence on Canadian shopping culture.

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Label	Occurrences
Eaton’s department store chain canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company ⓘ department store chain ⓘ
areaServed	Canada ⓘ rural Canada via mail-order ⓘ
brandAcquiredBy	Sears Canada ⓘ
businessModel	money-back guarantee ⓘ one-price policy ⓘ
catalogueFirstIssued	1884 ⓘ
catalogueType	general merchandise catalogue ⓘ
ceasedOperations	1999 ⓘ
competitor	Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ surface form: Hudson’s Bay Company Sears Canada ⓘ Simpsons ⓘ
corporateForm	family-owned business ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
familyControlledBy	Eaton family ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy	1997 ⓘ
financialTroublePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
flagshipStore	Montreal Eaton’s store ⓘ surface form: Eaton’s College Street store Montreal Eaton’s store ⓘ surface form: Eaton’s Montreal store Toronto Eaton Centre ⓘ surface form: Eaton’s Toronto Queen Street store Eaton’s Winnipeg store ⓘ
founder	Timothy Eaton ⓘ
hasBuilding	Eaton’s 9th Floor Restaurant in Winnipeg ⓘ Eaton’s College Street building ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Toronto ⓘ
heritageDesignation	some former Eaton’s buildings designated heritage properties ⓘ
inception	1869 ⓘ
industry	retail ⓘ
influenced	Canadian consumer culture ⓘ Canadian department store industry ⓘ
legacy	cultural nostalgia in Canada ⓘ heritage buildings in Canadian cities ⓘ iconic name in Canadian retail history ⓘ
notableEvent	annual Christmas window displays ⓘ sponsorship of Toronto Santa Claus Parade ⓘ
notableFor	Christmas catalogues ⓘ Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade ⓘ flagship department stores ⓘ influence on Canadian shopping culture ⓘ mail-order catalogue business ⓘ
numberOfStoresAtPeak	over 100 ⓘ
peakPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ mid 20th century ⓘ
productOrService	consumer goods ⓘ department store retailing ⓘ mail-order catalogues ⓘ
slogan	Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded ⓘ
successor	Sears Canada ⓘ surface form: Sears Canada Eaton’s-branded stores

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toronto Eaton Centre → namedAfter → Eaton’s department store chain ⓘ

Montreal Eaton’s store → partOf → Eaton’s department store chain ⓘ