THE BAY

'The Bay' is a chain of 94 fashion department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada's oldest company. Although the Hudson's Bay Company opened its first department store in 1881, the name "The Bay" appeared only in 1964 when the Hudson's Bay Company decided to change the name of its Morgan's department stores with the exception of those located in Quebec, which would get converted to the new name in 1972. In Quebec the chain is known as 'la Baie', short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson", and the chain uses both the English and French versions of the name in some parts of the country.
The stores are full-line department stores, with a focus on apparel, accessories, and home goods. Most price points are mid- to upper-mid; however there is an assortment of everyday low-price merchandise. The Bay can be compared to U.S. retailer Macy's, and is more up-market than Sears Canada department stores. The average store is 135,000 square feet (12,500 m�). Flagship downtown stores exist in Canada's largest cities, including Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. These stores are larger in size and carry a much broader range of goods than their suburban counterparts.
In 1991, after 320 years, the Hudson Bay Company stopped selling fur. The decision was regarded as a response to widespread, public sentiment opposing the perceived inhumane killing of animals for clothing;^[1] however, in 1997 the company reopened their fur salons in Bay stores. Animal rights groups, such as Freedom for Animals, have been campaigning to get the Bay to once again stop selling fur.
Recent additions to larger (namely flagship) stores of the Bay include the Style Outlet and Pharmamart sections. Style Outlets, off-price departments located in 14 stores, offer designer labels at discounted prices, much like the Winners chain. This department, introduced in 2003, was the launching pad for HBC's newest division, Designer Depot, which launched in the fall of 2004.
Pharmamart is a centre that includes basic grocery and household items and, among other amenities, a pharmacy. This can be interpreted as an attempt to compete directly with Shoppers Drug Mart, Wal-Mart or others, and also as a response to the success of the basic grocery addition in the modern Zellers prototype.
In Downtown Toronto the Queen Street Bay store, formerly Simpson's, includes the Department 'St. Regis Room' on the third floor. It is an upscale women's clothing department carrying some of the most prestigious and expensive women's designer labels in Canada. Designers include Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Emmanuel Ungaro, Balmain, Valentino Roma, Armani Collezioni, Louis Feraud, Karl Lagerfeld, Lida Baday, Andrew Gn, Bellville Sassoon, David Hayes, and others.

Contents

Locations

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

See also

References

External links

Locations

Alberta

★ Banff - Banff

★ Calgary - Market Mall

★ Calgary - Southcentre Mall

★ Calgary - Downtown Calgary

★ Calgary - Chinook Centre

★ Calgary - Sunridge Mall

★ Edmonton - Kingsway Garden Mall

★ Edmonton - Londonderry Mall

★ Edmonton - Southgate Centre

★ Edmonton - The Bay Edmonton City Centre

★ Edmonton - West Edmonton Mall

★ Lethbridge - Lethbridge Centre Mall

★ Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat Mall

★ Red Deer - Bower Place

★ St. Albert - St. Albert Centre

British Columbia

★ Abbotsford - Sevenoaks Shopping Centre

★ Burnaby - Lougheed Town Centre

★ Burnaby - Metropolis at Metrotown

★ Coquitlam - Coquitlam Centre

★ Kamloops - Aberdeen Mall

★ Kelowna - Orchard Park Shopping Centre

★ Langley - Willowbrook Shopping Centre

★ Nanaimo - Woodgrove Centre

★ Penticton - Cherry Lane Shopping Centre

★ Prince George - Parkwood Shopping Centre

★ Richmond - Richmond Centre

★ Surrey - Guildford Town Centre

★ Vancouver - Oakridge Centre

★ Vancouver - Downtown Vancouver

★ Vernon - Village Green Mall

★ Victoria - Mayfair Shopping Centre

★ Victoria - The Bay Centre ''Opened as Eaton's in 1989, and converted to the Bay in 2003.''

★ West Vancouver - Park Royal Shopping Centre

Manitoba

★ Winnipeg - Downtown Winnipeg

★ Winnipeg - Polo Park Shopping Centre

★ Winnipeg - St. Vital Shopping Centre

New Brunswick

★ Moncton - Highfield Square Shopping Centre

Nova Scotia

★ Dartmouth - Mic Mac Mall

★ Halifax - Halifax Shopping Centre Annex

★ Sydney - Mayflower Mall

Ontario

★ Barrie - Georgian Mall- Formerly a K-Mart

★ Brampton - Bramalea City Centre

★ Brampton - Shoppers World Brampton ''Originally Simpson's''-Closed Winter 2007

★ Burlington - Burlington Mall ''Opened in former Simpson-Sears, 1991''.

★ Burlington - Mapleview Shopping Centre

★ Cambridge - Cambridge Centre

★ Etobicoke - Sherway Gardens

★ Hamilton - Lime Ridge Mall ''Opened as Eaton's in 1983. Converted to The Bay in 1992.''

★ Kingston - Cataraqui Town Centre

★ Kitchener - Fairview Park

★ London - Masonville Place

★ London - White Oaks Mall ''Originally Simpson's''

★ Markham - Markville Shopping Centre

★ Mississauga - Erin Mills Town Centre

★ Mississauga - Square One Shopping Centre

★ Newmarket - Upper Canada Mall

★ North York - Yorkdale Shopping Centre ''Originally Simpson's''

★ Oakville - Oakville Place

★ Oshawa - Oshawa Centre

★ Ottawa - Freiman Mall, across from Rideau Centre. ''Built in 1918 as Freiman's, converted to the Bay in 1972.''

★ Ottawa - St. Laurent Shopping Centre

★ Ottawa (Orléans) - Place d'Orleans

★ Ottawa (Nepean) - Bayshore Shopping Centre

★ Pickering - Pickering Town Centre

★ Rexdale - Woodbine Centre

★ Richmond Hill - Hillcrest Mall

★ Scarborough - Eglinton Square

★ Scarborough - Scarborough Town Centre

★ St. Catharines - The Pen Centre

★ Stoney Creek - Eastgate Square ''Opened as Robinson's, 1973, converted to The Bay, 1992.''

★ Toronto - Bloor Street

★ Toronto - Queen Street
:The Bay Queen Street, located at the southwest corner of Queen Street West and Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, is Canada's largest department store with 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²) of retail space. The store occupies a full city block and is connected by a skyway over Queen Street to the Toronto Eaton Centre.^[2] Fifty-two of this location's Simpsons employees fought in World War II, and are commemorated in a plaque at the south-east entrance. The location offers three restaurants, the Arcadian Court Restaurant, Great Cooks on Eight, and City View Café.

★ Waterloo - Conestoga Mall

★ Willowdale - Centrepoint Mall

★ Willowdale - Fairview Mall

★ Windsor - Devonshire Mall ''Originally Simpson's''

Quebec

★ Anjou - Les Galeries d'Anjou

★ Brossard - Mail Champlain

★ Dorval - Les Jardins Dorval

★ Gatineau - Les Promenades de l'Outaouais

★ Laval - Centre Laval

★ Laval - Carrefour Laval

★ Mount Royal - Centre Rockland

★ Montreal -Le Boulevard

★ Montreal - Saint Catherine Street West ''Opened As Morgan's, 1845, Converted to The Bay, 1972''

★ Pointe-Claire - Fairview Pointe-Claire

★ Quebec City - Galeries de la Capitale

★ Quebec City - Place Fleur-de-Lys

★ Sainte-Foy - Place Laurier

★ Rosemère - Place Rosemère

★ Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville - Les Promenades Saint-Bruno

★ Sainte-Foy - Place Laurier

★ Sherbrooke - Carrefour de l'Estrie

Saskatchewan

★ Regina - Cornwall Centre

★ Saskatoon - Midtown Plaza

★ Yorkton - Parkland Mall

See also

★ Simpson's

★ HBC Rewards

★ List of Hudson's Bay Company brands

★ List of Canadian department stores

References

1. Hudson's Bay Company end its fur trade
2. Toronto Tourism: The Bay Queen Street

External links

★ The Bay