Winners
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Winners Merchants International L.P. is a chain of discount Canadian department stores owned by TJX. Its market niche is similar to the American chain TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls.
Winners Merchants International L.P. is a chain of discount Canadian department stores owned by TJX. Its market niche is similar to the American chain TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls.
History and format
in Calgary, Alberta with 1980s logo Winners was founded in 19821 by David Margolis in Toronto, Ontario. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, it merged with off-price department store owner TJX. By the time of its acquisition by TJX in June 1990, Winners had five stores in the country, all of which were in the Toronto area. Except for the store on Spadina Avenue that closed in 2018, all of these Winners are still in operation (either in their original or relocated spaces). Winners offers brand-name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60% discount rate, and the stores generally do not carry the same merchandise for an entire season. The discounts are in large part due to the company buying excess or end-of-season merchandise from other stores, as well as its connections with TJ Maxx. The firm does not sell online. Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with HomeSense, a home accessory retailer, modelled on TJX's American HomeGoods stores. Winners acquired the struggling "Labels" brand from Dylex in 2001. Labels had been meant to compete with Winners, but never succeeded; most of its stores have been turned into Homesense stores. Les Ailes de la Mode opened a similar concept under the Labels banner after Winners did not renew its trademark on the name.
See also
List of Canadian department stores
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