"site. Grangemoor Park was created opposite the retail park on the 20 metre hill landscaped on the old refuse site. Maples was a homeware store that closed in around 2000. Over the years, the unit has been split into 3 smaller units. Furnitureland and Powerhouse both closed their units in 2007. BHS then refurbished both to create one large unit until they ceased trading in 2016. JJB closed their unit here once they moved to the Capital Retail Park in Leckwith, which also included a gym. The Dunleavy Drive section of the Cardiff Bay Retail Park was built in 2008."
"and a gift registry. Hudson's Bay (retailer) Hudson's Bay (formerly and still colloquially known as The Bay) is a chain of 90 department stores that operate in Canada and the Netherlands. It is the main brand of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie d'Hudson (formerly la Baie), short for ""Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"". The chain uses both the English and French versions of the name in some parts of Canada. The stores are full-line department stores, with"
"Hudson's Bay (retailer) Hudson's Bay (formerly and still colloquially known as The Bay) is a chain of 90 department stores that operate in Canada and the Netherlands. It is the main brand of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie d'Hudson (formerly la Baie), short for ""Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"". The chain uses both the English and French versions of the name in some parts of Canada. The stores are full-line department stores, with a focus on high-end"
"the lower end, competitors to Nautica include mid-range brands such as Izod and Ralph Lauren Corporation's Chaps brand, while on the higher end, competitors include premium designer brands Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and Polo Ralph Lauren (Blue Label), with Nautica generally being priced between mid-range brands and premium designer brands. In March 2018, Authentic Brands Group announced that they would acquire Nautica from VF Corporation. The sale was completed on April 30, 2018. Nautica (clothing company) Nautica is a semi-premium American apparel brand of Authentic Brands Group featuring primarily men's, women's, children's apparel and accessories, as well as home, watches,"
"Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; ) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada, the United States and parts of Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay, commonly referred to as The Bay ( in French). Other divisions include Galeria Kaufhof, Home Outfitters, Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. HBC's head office was in the Simpson Tower in Toronto, but it relocated northwest of Toronto to Brampton, Ontario. The company is listed"
"Bay Trading Company The Bay Trading Company, or simply Bay Trading, was a chain of clothing stores situated throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland . Bhupinder ""Smiley"" Bal, a serial Entrepreneur, managed Bay, growing it from a start-up, to a major fashion retailer, in under 15 years. At sale, to Alexon Group, Bay had an annual turnover Circa £100,000,000, 135 retail outlets; it employed 1400+ full time and part time staff. According to Mintel, at the time, Bay Trading had 2.3% Market share of the 19-35 ladies-wear market. In 1999, Bay Trading Company was acquired by Alexon Group plc having"
"to administration, the brand had 268 stand alone stores and concessions, mainly based in Mackays and Sunwin department stores. In May 2009, Rinku Group purchased 45 Bay Trading stores and 85 Bay Trading concessions out of administration for an undisclosed sum, however as of 2015 the business no longer operates. Bay Trading Company The Bay Trading Company, or simply Bay Trading, was a chain of clothing stores situated throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland . Bhupinder ""Smiley"" Bal, a serial Entrepreneur, managed Bay, growing it from a start-up, to a major fashion retailer, in under 15 years. At sale, to"
"Atlantic Superstore Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain operates 54 stores in the Maritimes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It is owned by George Weston Limited through Loblaw Companies Limited, and operates under the Atlantic Wholesalers division of Loblaws. The stores range in size from 45,000 to over 120,000 square feet (4,000 to over 10,000 m²) in size. Despite the similarity in name to sister chain Real Canadian Superstore, not all Atlantic Superstores are hypermarkets: many are large supermarkets with little general merchandise. Others, however, are marketed as ""one stop"" stores (much like"
"demographic. Atlantic Superstore Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain operates 54 stores in the Maritimes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It is owned by George Weston Limited through Loblaw Companies Limited, and operates under the Atlantic Wholesalers division of Loblaws. The stores range in size from 45,000 to over 120,000 square feet (4,000 to over 10,000 m²) in size. Despite the similarity in name to sister chain Real Canadian Superstore, not all Atlantic Superstores are hypermarkets: many are large supermarkets with little general merchandise. Others, however, are marketed as ""one stop"" stores (much"
"Massachusetts Bay Trading Company Massachusetts Bay Trading Co, Inc., is an online retailer headquartered in Weston, Massachusetts selling products worldwide. It is an American electronic commerce company selling specialty handmade gifts and general products that are made in Massachusetts. The company was established in 2002. The Massachusetts Bay Trading Company has been featured in multiple publications and television segments including the ""Boston Globe"" on April 6, 2007, Opray Winfrey's ""O at Home"" magazine Winter 2006, ""Gourmet Magazine"" Winter 2006 gift guide, ""In Style Magazine"" Fall 2007, and NECN. The store offers handmade home furnishings, clothing, jewelry, clocks, soaps, porcelain, and"
"Coast (clothing) Coast is a British women's clothing retail chain. It was founded in 1996. Coast is owned by Aurora Fashions, as are women's fashion brands Warehouse and Oasis. Aurora in turn was owned by the Icelandic Kaupthing Bank, and has been in administration for some time, with the administrators looking for potential buyers, with a possible valuation of not more than £100 million for Coast, Warehouse, and Oasis reported in November 2016. In April 2017, the ""Daily Telegraph"" reported that the three brands employ up to 5,000 people and were attracting interest from private equity, who would likely close"
"its initial public offering in October 2012, HBC announced that it would be re-branding The Bay's stores under the name ""Hudson's Bay"", marking the chain's first major re-branding since 1965. The new brand, designed by the New York City-based advertising agency Lipman, was officially introduced in March 2013. Reflecting on the company's heritage, the chain's new logo also incorporates an updated rendition of the Hudson's Bay Company coat of arms. HBC did not provide a timeline for the conversion of the exterior signage to the new name on all of its stores. The Room is a luxury boutique found in"
"Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by American multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its flagship stores, located in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, and Mexico City. In the early 1990s, Gap, Inc looked to establish a new division, branded as a less expensive version of Gap called Everyday Hero; Millard Drexler responded by opening Gap Warehouse in existing Gap outlet locations in 1993. In March 1994, Gap Warehouse was renamed Old Navy"
"Members of Team OP for Spring/Summer 2011 are Mark Salling, Chord Overstreet, Aly Michalka, Brenda Song, Katerina Graham, and Rob Kardashian. Iconix Brand Group signed an exclusive direct-to-retail license agreement with Walmart in August 2007. As of 2018, Iconix Brand Group has taken back control of the brand's distribution and will be re-launching Spring 2019. Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. (Ocean Pacific or OP) is a private company based in Irvine, California, United States. It produces primarily surf related apparel, swimwear, footwear and accessories. Ocean Pacific was started by John Smith in the 1960s as a surfboard brand. Smith"
"previously been a privately owned company. The business was relocated to Luton. At the beginning of 2009, Bay Trading had over 100+ High Street stores across the UK. In addition to these there were also over 100+ Bay Trading concessions, primarily within Macakays and Sunwin department stores. In 2009, Bay Trading began trading online. In April 2009, there were approximately 1000 employees in the UK and Ireland, including concessions. On 24 April 2009 Bay Trading was placed into administration by the Alexon Group. Deloitte was appointed administrator of Bay Trading after credit insurers withdrew cover against the fashion retailer. Prior"
"that it caters to New York City crowds with extended store hours and a much larger store than the average Old Navy location. Old Navy is known for their signature denim wall of styles that never change. The styles are super skinny, skinny, original, and boot-cut, and are available in four different washes. Most stores are separated into seven different divisions: women's, men's, girls, toddler girl, boys, toddler boy, and baby. Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by American multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of"
"Gap Inc. The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap, (stylized as GAP) is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. It was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates five primary divisions: Gap (the namesake banner), Banana Republic, Old Navy, Intermix, Weddington Way, and Athleta. Gap Inc. is the largest specialty retailer in the United States, and is 3rd in total international locations, behind Inditex Group and H&M. As of September 2008, the company has approximately 135,000 employees and operates 3,727 stores worldwide, of"
"the WE Credit Card and WE Prepaid Visa (jointly with Scotiabank). The North West Company The North West Company is a Canadian multinational grocery and retail company which operates stores in Canada's western provinces and northern territories, as well as the US states of Alaska, Hawaii, and several other countries and US territories in Oceania and the Caribbean. The company traces its history back to the North West Company, a fur trading business headquartered in the city of Montreal in British North America from 1779 to 1821. It was merged into the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. The enterprise continued"
"brand clothing. Costco entered Canada in 1986. In 1990, the American chain Walmart purchased the Woolco chain in Canada, and converted the stores to Walmarts. Dollarama was founded in Quebec in 1992. In 1998, Zellers bought out Kmart Canada, taking over its stores. In 2011, Marshalls, owned by the American TJX Companies, entered Canada, and Zellers sold most of its stores to Target, but still operates 2 stores (in Etobicoke and Nepean) as liquidation centres for The Bay merchandise. Target Canada filed for bankruptcy in 2015, selling its stores to Walmart, Lowe's and Canadian Tire. In 2016, the Hudson's Bay"
"Nautica (clothing company) Nautica is a semi-premium American apparel brand of Authentic Brands Group featuring primarily men's, women's, children's apparel and accessories, as well as home, watches, and fragrance. Nautica was founded in 1983 by clothing designer David Chu and a partner. It was purchased for cash and stock in 1984 by State-O-Maine, a New York-based apparel company. State-O-Maine changed its name to Nautica in 1994. VF Corporation purchased Nautica in 2003. Nautica took its name from the Latin word ""nauticus"" - which comes from the Greek word ""ναυτικός"" - for naval and in Italian language ""nautica"" means seamanship. On"
"Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. (Ocean Pacific or OP) is a private company based in Irvine, California, United States. It produces primarily surf related apparel, swimwear, footwear and accessories. Ocean Pacific was started by John Smith in the 1960s as a surfboard brand. Smith designed the original trademark and label for his surfboards which he sold out of his shop North County Ding Repair. Later, Fred Ryan purchased North County Ding Repair from John Smith along with the Ocean Pacific surfboard label. The Ocean Pacific label was later sold to Don Hansen of Hansen Surf Shop. In 1972, Jim"
"Affliction Clothing Affliction Clothing is an American clothing manufacturer and retailer based in Seal Beach, California. It is owned by Affliction Holdings LLC. Affliction Clothing was launched in August 2005 by Courtney Dubar, Todd Beard, Nicole Behrle, Eric Foss, and Clifton Chason. In 2012, Courtney Dubar (current CEO) bought Todd Beard’s portions of the company, making him majority shareholder of Affliction Clothing. Affliction's clothing line includes men’s and women’s T-shirts, polo shirts, thermals, button downs, hoodies, denim, dresses, watches, headwear, shorts, and swimwear. While the company has deep roots in the MMA community, its “Live Fast” motto represents and appeals"
"to ship to 90 countries. Stores in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, UK, and US (including Puerto Rico) are company-owned; those outside of these countries are owned and operated by franchises. Gap sorry for selling T-shirt with 'incorrect' map of China Gap Inc. The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap, (stylized as GAP) is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. It was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates five primary divisions: Gap (the namesake banner), Banana Republic, Old Navy,"
"Hudson's Bay point blanket A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America (now Canada) and the United States during the 1700s and 1800s. The company is named for the Hudson Bay and the blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts. The blankets continue to be sold by Canada's Hudson's Bay stores and have come to hold iconic status in Canada. In the United States they can be found at luxury department store and Hudson's Bay sister chain Lord & Taylor. In"
"Summer. In June 2015, it was announced that Island Company would be opening the largest store yet, a 4,000 square foot store at the Ritz-Carlton in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Island Company sells to over 500 wholesale accounts worldwide. Island Company is distributed in the North America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe. Island Company Island Company is a wholesale and retail, resort clothing brand founded in 2002 by Spencer Antle when his girlfriend at the time couldn’t find a bikini. Island Company has evolved from a small collection of women’s swimwear to a lifestyle brand with products ranging from men’s"
"HBC was acquired by NRDC Equity Partners, which also owns the upmarket American department store Lord & Taylor. From 2008 to 2012, the HBC was run through a holding company of NRDC, Hudson's Bay Trading Company, which was dissolved on 23 January 2012. Since 2012, the HBC directly oversees its Canadian subsidiaries Hudson's Bay (formerly The Bay) and Home Outfitters, in addition to the operations of Lord & Taylor in the United States. On 29 July 2013, the HBC announced its takeover of Saks, Inc., operator of the US Saks Fifth Avenue brand. The merger was completed on 3 November"
"C&A C&A is an international chain of fashion retail clothing stores, with European head offices in Vilvoorde, Belgium, and Düsseldorf, Germany. It has retail stores in many European countries. It serves only the largest markets of Asia, North America and South America. C&A's brands include Angelo Litrico, Canda, Clockhouse, Here+There, Palomino, Rodeo (ski and snowboard clothes), Westbury, Yessica, Yessica Pure, and Your Sixth Sense. The Brenninkmeijer family owns the C&A group through its Swiss company Cofra Holding AG. The company's success has led the family to be considered, by the Dutch, among the wealthiest in the Netherlands. The Brenninkmeijer family,"
"Ascena Retail Group Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (formerly Dress Barn and doing business as Dressbarn) is an American retailer of women's clothing. Ascena also owns the Maurices, Justice, Lane Bryant, and Catherines clothing store brands, and is the parent company of Ann Inc., operator of Ann Taylor and Loft stores. Chairman Elliot Jaffe and his wife and co-founder, Roslyn own about 25% of Ascena. The first Dress Barn was opened in February 1962 in Stamford, Connecticut, by Roslyn Jaffe. Jaffe saw the opportunity to provide wear-to-work dresses and clothing for the working woman during a time in the U.S. when"
"The official licensee allowed to import Hudson's Bay Blankets into the United States for commercial sale is Woolrich Inc. of Pennsylvania. Five U.S. retailers currently sell the blankets to consumers: Woolrich, Lord & Taylor (sister chain to Hudson's Bay), L.L.Bean, Getz's Department Store in Marquette, Michigan and Johnson Woolen Mills. Genuine point blankets have become very collectible and could fetch prices up to thousands of dollars. The main determinants of value include age, size, colour, pattern rarity and condition. Particularly collectible point blankets are the Coronation blankets: the one produced for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II brings approximately"
"permanently moved its headquarters to Canada, the Charter was amended to remove the rent obligation. Each of the four ""rent ceremonies"" took place in or around Winnipeg. The HBC is the only European trading company to have survived and outlived all its rivals. Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; ) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada, the United States and parts of Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay, commonly referred to"
"Adrian Hanauer Adrian Hanauer (born February 7, 1966) is an American businessman and majority owner of Seattle Sounders FC. He is also one of the minority owners of the future National Hockey League team in Seattle. Hanauer's family owns Pacific Coast Feather Company, a down pillow, feather bed, and high-end bedding products manufacturer that was founded in 1884 in Germany, and is now headquartered in Seattle. While Hanauer never held an executive position within the company, he began working at the company at 13. Hanauer founded Museum Quality Framing, which is a chain of custom frame stores in Washington, Oregon,"
"Zumiez Zumiez Inc. is an American multinational specialty clothing store founded by Tom Campion and Gary Haakenson in 1978, and publicly traded since 2005.<ref name=""Zumiez-Inc-May-2005-S-1/A""></ref> The company is a specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories and hardgoods for young men and women. Zumiez markets clothing for action sports, particularly skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross. Zumiez is based in Lynnwood, Washington. The current president and CEO is Richard Brooks. Originally named ""Above the Belt"" when the first store was opened at Seattle's Northgate Mall in 1978, the company grew quickly through the early 80s with the addition of stores at Everett Mall"
"Tommy Bahama Tommy Bahama is a Seattle-based manufacturer of casual, men's and women's sportswear and activewear, denim, swimwear, accessories, footwear and a complete home furnishings collection, and is owned by Atlanta-based Oxford Industries. Tommy Bahama is available at Dillard's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Belk and Von Maur, along with resort locations around the world. There are over 160 company-owned Tommy Bahama retail stores worldwide, 18 of which include a Tommy Bahama restaurant and bar. In 2009, the Tommy Bahama Bar was opened at Yankee Stadium. Tony Margolis, Bob Emfield, and their wives dreamed up"