Hudson's Bay

ON-401-365-EB
 Allen Road, Yorkdale Road
Toronto ON

ON-401-365-EL-WB

Brand: Hudson's Bay

Hudson's Bay (French: La Baie d'Hudson), colloquially known online as The Bay (French: La Baie), is a Canadian luxury goods department store chain. It is the flagship brand of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), the oldest and longest-surviving company in North America.Founded on 2 May 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company opened its first department store in 1881 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The chain operated under the company name before being rebranded to The Bay in 1965. It operated exclusively in Western Canada until the acquisitions and conversions of department stores Morgan's, Freimans, Simpsons, Woodward's, coupled with the opening of new locations, positioned its presence nationwide in the second half of the 20th century. After nearly 50 years with The Bay brand, the chain was rebranded in 2013 to Hudson's Bay with a modernized logo. In 2021, The Bay name (but not the logo) was revived exclusively for the online website while the physical stores continue with the Hudson's Bay brand.

As of August 2021, Hudson's Bay operates 86 locations in seven Canadian provinces. From 2017�9, it operated in the Netherlands, in partnership with Austrian real estate company Signa Holding. The full-line department stores focus on high-end fashion apparel, accessories, and home goods; flagship stores carry a bigger range and selection of goods than typical locations. The flagship stores are often multi-storey, historic buildings and are located in Canada's largest cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa). The largest of the flagship stores is the Toronto store on Queen Street, at about 79,000 square metres (850,000 sq ft).

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