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Hudson’s Bay to sell name, stripes, brands to Canadian Tire for $30 million (www.thestar.com)
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[–] recursive_recursion 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Canadian Tire???????

huh I would've never imagined CT to buy Hudsons Bay

For non-Canadians, my shock comes from the fact that:

  • Canadian Tire (which is primarily known as the place where you get your tires changed and maybe buy home appliances) bought
    • Hudsons Bay (which is primarily a retail clothing and beauty company).

It's like an ice cream company buying a travel agency; it's not impossible, it's just quite shocking if it happens.

Edit:
Oh wow I didn't realize that CT already owned companies such as SportChek and Marks🤔 TIL.

[–] stealth_cookies 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Canadian Tire already owns SportChek and Mark's, they are already in the clothing space.

I also take issue with the description of Canadian Tire, they are a department store focusing on automotive, tools, home and garden, kitchen, and sporting goods.

Their businesses aren't that drastically different, and it sounds more like they want the brand for a smaller range of goods using HBC stripes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just glad it's staying in Canada

[–] OminousOrange 4 points 2 weeks ago

And Atmosphere.

[–] UnderFreyja 17 points 2 weeks ago

I mean Canadian Tire is more of a general store. Hudson Bay started out as a general store and evolved to a more upper class department store. It's way classier or at least it is meant to be but I totally see the link between the two.

Also, Canadian Tire has more than just the Canadian Tire stores now, they own Mark's, Sports Chek, Helly Hansen, Sher-Wood and a couple of other sport related stores in Quebec primarily focused on Hockey, they've been slowly expanding for a couple of years.

[–] ArdentYak 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not too surprised, but I think CT needs to be careful with how many product categories they have. Earlier this year they sold off the Helly Hanson brand ($1.3bil), so they've got a hole in their portfolio to fill during the 4-year/$2bil restructuring.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere 2 points 2 weeks ago

Canadian Tire also owns Helly Hansen, Paderno and many other brands.

[–] prodigalsorcerer 2 points 2 weeks ago

Much like HBC, Canadian Tire has a lot of overpriced retail. They don't overlap much beyond kitchenware though.

I guess this gets Canadian Tire into the full department store business like Walmart, Target, or Sears. Now they just need to start selling groceries (again).

[–] TheFeatureCreature 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least the name and brand is back in Canadian hands again.

[–] Jason2357 1 points 2 weeks ago

Indeed. Knowing how things have gone, this is honestly the best outcome I can think of.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

4,400 pieces of art and artifacts including the royal charter that birthed the company in 1670.

That shit should be going to a museum, not bid on the open market. I imagine the reciever has to put them up for sale as assets, but that's a travesty.

[–] toastmeister 1 points 2 weeks ago

Until someone throws buckets of paint at it for supporting the exploitation of indigenous.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's a tire company gonna do with a lake?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

What do you think they do with the old tires when you get new ones on your car?

[–] Quilotoa 6 points 2 weeks ago

Love it. Glad to see the name staying around and glad to see it back in Canada.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This makes a whole lot of sense. They can easily keep a strong position in the retail market across a variety of lifestyles. It's a healthy portfolio and (as far as I know) is actually Canadian. Hopefully they change a few things though, The Bay went out of business for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

The Bay went out of business for a reason.

The reason is that the private equity firm that bought them, sold the land that they owned to another private equity firm and then forced them to pay exorbitant rent on land that they had owned for literally hundred+ years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

That reason is Private Equity. PE kills everything it touches.

[–] cyborganism -3 points 2 weeks ago

Ew.