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In 1989, TJX spun off their warehouse division, consisting of BJ's and now-defunct HomeClub (later known as HomeBase, then House2Home), to form Waban, Inc. In August 1997, Waban spun off BJ's to become an independent company, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, while Waban renamed itself to HomeBase, Inc. [10]
Canadian Tire Corporation purchased Mark’s Work Wearhouse for $109 million in early 2002. [2] At this time, Mark's Work Wearhouse operated 325 corporate and franchisee stores in Canada. The acquisition provided Mark’s Work Wearhouse with additional capital which allowed it to grow between 2001 and 2008 to 372 stores across Canada.
WSS, formerly known as Warehouse Shoe Sale, is a national retail chain of shoe stores headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with 92 retail outlets as of January 2020. [1] Its parent company is Eurostar, Inc. [2] The company now known as WSS traces its roots to 1977 when Eric Alon first sold shoes at a swap meet.
The company acquired Winston Tire Company in 1997, and moved ATD's headquarters from Lincolnton to Charlotte in 1998. [3] Heafner Tire sold Winston Tire Company to Performance Management, Inc. in 2001. [4] In 2000, Heafner Group acquired American Tire Distributors. [5] Heafner Tire changed its name to American Tire Distributors (ATD) in 2002. [6]
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.Founded on 28 June 1999 [1] in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, the company provides consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via Chinese and global marketplaces, as well as local consumer ...
Target Canada Co. was the Canadian subsidiary of the Target Corporation, the eighth-largest retailer in the United States.Formerly headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the subsidiary formed with the acquisition of Zellers store leases from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in January 2011.