More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company

More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company

Like the beaver it nearly wiped out, HBC made Canada into its home by fundamentally transforming its environment, and no bankruptcy court will liquidate that legacy.

London shoppers rush to stock up and say goodbye at Hudson's Bay liquidation sales

Signs outside the Hudson's Bay store at London's White Oaks Mall promised 20 to 40 per cent off items including clothing, furniture and bedding on Friday. Longtime Bay shoppers flocked to the store with the hope of snagging good deals before the stores are expected to close permanently in June.

Bail Out The Bay Now: Government Must Save Jobs at HBC - Ottawa Life Magazine

Op-Ed by Robert Nelly The Bay department store chain, also known as HBC (Hudson's Bay Company), is nearly $1 billion in debt, and those debts are getting called in by the creditors. As a result, Canada’s oldest department store began liquidating 90 of its 96 stores last month, triggering widespread distress among its workforce and affiliated small

Hudson's Bay is holding a massive warehouse sale in Toronto

Hudson’s Bay has just announced a major warehouse sale, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen, while liquidation continues at the majority of its stores in Canada. It’s been a tough go for Canada’s oldest company, as Hudson’s Bay filed for creditor protection last month, sending the majority of its locations across the country into liquidation, slated to close in the coming months. Fortunately for consumers, business struggles for them can also m…

More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company - The Turtle Island News

By Heather Whiteside, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo The bankruptcy of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is often framed as the fall of “Canada’s oldest company.” Media narratives typically treat HBC as if it were a straightforward retail firm, albeit one with an exceptionally long history. But HBC was always more than a hinterland mercantile fur trader in earlier centuries, just as it was more than a department st…

'Make the Bay great again': Chinese billionaire with ties to Island wants to buy Hudson's Bay stores

A Chinese billionaire with ties to Vancouver Island has announced her intentions to purchase "dozens" of shuttering Hudson's Bay locations.