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The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's and then Eaton, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland.
Feb 7, 2006 · Founded in 1869, the T. Eaton Company Ltd., commonly known as Eaton’s, was an iconic Canadian department store with a retail presence in every province, at its height. From its beginnings as a retail store in Toronto to its eventual bankruptcy and absorption into its long-time rival, Sears Canada, Eaton’s significantly shaped Canadian shopping.
Dec 1, 2019 · Here’s an array of events in the history of the Eaton’s department store. Eaton’s was the most iconic of Hamilton’s grand department stores. When the store closed in 1999 Spectator readers...
Feb 21, 2015 · At Eaton’s on James North in Hamilton, the granddaddy of the classic department store, the elevator operators wore white gloves. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW. You wouldn’t see a customer dressed...
Timothy Eaton, came to Canada with dreams of creating a great department store business. He soon established in Toronto and went on to achieve his goals.
Nov 13, 2019 · In 1930, 60 per cent of all department store sales in Canada were through Eaton’s. By 1997, that number had been reduced to 10.6 percent. The company would rank behind The Bay, Sears, Zellers and Wal-Mart for sales.
Mar 7, 2021 · Fredrik Eaton belonged to the fourth – and final – generation to run Eaton’s, the family’s department store empire.
Explore the broad, fascinating history of the Eaton's department store empire. Exhaustively researched and thoughtfully written by a prominent department store historian. Canada's largest...
Dec 25, 2020 · A full-service Eaton’s store was built in Winnipeg in 1905 and another soon followed in Moncton beginning in 1918. Women's fur coats for sale in the Eaton's 1920-1921 Fall and Winter...
Mar 8, 2019 · Thirty-four years ago this month, as part of the 75th anniversary of International Women’s Day, striking Eaton’s workers and supporters stormed the store’s flagship location at the Toronto Eaton Centre to protest what they saw as the company’s refusal to negotiate a fair contract.
