Garage (clothing)
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Garage is a clothing store, primarily targeting the teenage girl demographic. Founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of Groupe Dynamite, Inc.
Groupe Dynamite
Groupe Dynamite is a Canadian based company. It is privately held and operates more than 250 women's retail stores from coast to coast under three different banners Garage, Dynamite and Chado. They develop their own product collection at their head office located in Ville Mont-Royal, QC , Qc...

, Garage currently has locations in Canada, the United States and Dubai.

History

  • 1975 – Opening of the first Garage store.
  • 1986 – Introduction of a private-label collection.
  • 1999 – National retailer status with a presence in all Canadian provinces.
  • 2004 – Introduction of the New Concept store.
  • Since then, most of its stores have been renovated, with the large pink Garage logo outside.
  • Late 2007/early 2008 – Garage is introducing stores in the United States, starting with eight stores:
    • Towson Town Center
      Towson Town Center
      Towson Town Center is a large indoor shopping mall located in Towson, Maryland. It was the largest indoor shopping mall in Maryland prior to the completion of Arundel Mills in late 2000 in Hanover and the 2007 expansion of the Annapolis Mall.- History :...

       in Towson, Maryland
      Towson, Maryland
      Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census...

    • Annapolis Mall
      Annapolis Mall
      Annapolis Mall, officially known as Westfield Annapolis, is a shopping mall owned by the Westfield Group that is located near the junction of U.S. Route 50 and Interstate 97 in Annapolis, Maryland...

       in Annapolis, Maryland
      Annapolis, Maryland
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    • Crossgates Mall
      Crossgates Mall
      Crossgates Mall is a shopping mall located in Albany, New York, United States, not far from Schenectady. The mall opened on March 4, 1984, and in October 1994 underwent a large expansion that nearly doubled its size. It now has a gross leasable area of with two floors including 250 shops and...

       in Guilderland, New York
      Guilderland, New York
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    • Palisades Center
      Palisades Center
      The Palisades Center Mall, often referred to as the Palisades Mall, in West Nyack, New York is the eighth largest shopping mall in the United States by total area, and sixth largest by gross leasable space...

       in West Nyack, New York
      West Nyack, New York
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    • Willow Grove Park Mall
      Willow Grove Park Mall
      Willow Grove Park Mall is a three-story shopping mall located in the unincorporated community of Willow Grove in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania at the intersection of Easton Road and Moreland Road...

       in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
      Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
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    • Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
      Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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    • Woodbridge Center
      Woodbridge Center
      Woodbridge Center is a two-level, major shopping mall located in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9. The land that Woodbridge Center now stands on used to be the location of the old clay pits in Woodbridge. The mall, owned by General Growth...

       in Woodbridge, New Jersey
      Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
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    • Tysons Corner Center
      Tysons Corner Center
      Tysons Corner Center, located in the Tysons Corner unincorporated area in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States , opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping centers in the Washington Metropolitan Area...

       in McLean, Virginia
      McLean, Virginia
      McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census....

    • Dolphin Mall
      Dolphin Mall
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       in Miami, Florida
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    • Walden Galleria
      Walden Galleria
      Walden Galleria is an enclosed shopping mall located in the town of Cheektowaga, New York. Walden Galleria comprises more than of retail space, with 250 stores on two levels, including a food court and a movie theater. Anchor stores include Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoe Warehouse,...

       in Buffalo, New York
      Buffalo, New York
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  • 2010 – Garage is opening their first international store in Dubai
    Dubai
    Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

    (Mirdiff City Center)
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