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Winners (store)
Encyclopedia
Winners is a chain of off-price Canadian
department store
s owned by TJX Companies
which also owns HomeSense
. It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewellery, beauty products, and housewares. According to an example in the Winners FAQ
, an item selling there for $29.99 was made to sell for 20-60% more at a specialty or department store. The company operates over 200 stores across the country. Winners is modeled after its American sister store Marshalls
.
. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, Winners merged with TJX Companies
, the world's largest off-price department store owner.
Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with Homesense
, a home accessory retailer owned by Winners Merchants, modelled on TJX's American HomeGoods
stores. Winners acquired the struggling "Labels" brand from Dylex
in 2001. Labels was meant to compete with Winners, but never succeeded. Most Labels stores have been turned into Homesense stores.
In 2005, HBC
opened a similar concept under the Designer Depot
banner (and was sold in April 2008 ), and Les Ailes de la Mode
opened a similar concept under the Labels banner after Winners did not renew their trademark on the name.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
s owned by TJX Companies
TJX Companies
The TJX Companies, Incorporated , is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally evolved from the Zayre discount department store chain, founded in 1956, which opened its first...
which also owns HomeSense
HomeSense
HomeSense is a chain of off price home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies with stores in Canada and the United Kingdom.-HomeSense in Canada:At year-end 2010, HomeSense operated 82 stores in Canada...
. It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewellery, beauty products, and housewares. According to an example in the Winners FAQ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions are listed questions and answers, all supposed to be commonly asked in some context, and pertaining to a particular topic. "FAQ" is usually pronounced as an initialism rather than an acronym, but an acronym form does exist. Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual...
, an item selling there for $29.99 was made to sell for 20-60% more at a specialty or department store. The company operates over 200 stores across the country. Winners is modeled after its American sister store Marshalls
Marshalls
Marshalls, Inc., is a chain of American department stores owned by TJX Companies. Marshalls has over 750 conventional stores, as well as larger stores named Marshalls Mega Store, covering 42 states and Puerto Rico. Marshalls expanded into Canada in March 2011...
.
History
In 1982, Winners was founded in Toronto, OntarioToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, Winners merged with TJX Companies
TJX Companies
The TJX Companies, Incorporated , is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally evolved from the Zayre discount department store chain, founded in 1956, which opened its first...
, the world's largest off-price department store owner.
HomeSense
HomeSense is a chain of off price home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies with stores in Canada and the United Kingdom.-HomeSense in Canada:At year-end 2010, HomeSense operated 82 stores in Canada...
, a home accessory retailer owned by Winners Merchants, modelled on TJX's American HomeGoods
HomeGoods
HomeGoods is a chain of home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies and has 270 stores across the US as of February 2007.HomeGoods operates the home furnishings sections of T.J. Maxx 'n More and Marshalls Mega Store stores....
stores. Winners acquired the struggling "Labels" brand from Dylex
Dylex
Dylex Limited was one of Canada's largest retailers, involved in the operation of specialty retail stores, such as women's wear, menswear, and family stores...
in 2001. Labels was meant to compete with Winners, but never succeeded. Most Labels stores have been turned into Homesense stores.
In 2005, HBC
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
opened a similar concept under the Designer Depot
Designer Depot
Designer Depot was a division of Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay Company . It was created in November 2004, and sold by HBC in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies. The first location opened as part of the Vaughan Mills Mall in Vaughan, Ontario. It is a large department store that sells brand...
banner (and was sold in April 2008 ), and Les Ailes de la Mode
Les Ailes de la Mode
Les Ailes de la mode is a Canadian retail store chain. Its flagship store is in downtown Montreal and is the anchor tenant of the Complexe Les Ailes....
opened a similar concept under the Labels banner after Winners did not renew their trademark on the name.
See also
- TJX CompaniesTJX CompaniesThe TJX Companies, Incorporated , is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally evolved from the Zayre discount department store chain, founded in 1956, which opened its first...
- HomeSenseHomeSenseHomeSense is a chain of off price home furnishing stores operated by TJX Companies with stores in Canada and the United Kingdom.-HomeSense in Canada:At year-end 2010, HomeSense operated 82 stores in Canada...
- ZayreZayreZayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the Northeastern, Southern and Midwestern United States from 1956 to 1990. The company's headquarters was in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 1988, the Zayre department stores were sold to the parent company of the competing Ames chain, and Zayre's...
- List of Canadian department stores