Why did eatons fail

The Toronto demonstrators decided to follow their lead and marched right into the Yonge-Eglinton Centre. Once inside, they gathered below the second-level department store, shouting that shoppers should boycott the store and that the company should negotiate fairly for a contract.

They then made their way up to the store, chanting and crowding the entrance. Almost 40 policemen were called in to help control the situation and stood shoulder to shoulder with private security to keep the picketers from getting inside. Others declined to comment, for fear of reprisals by management.

On March 12, 16 trade unionists walked from London, St. Thomas, and St. It was later acquired by Sears, which succumbed to a similar fate last year.

Kaitlin Wainwright is a public historian and the director of programming at Heritage Toronto. By Kaitlin Wainwright - Published on Mar 08, But some analysts say that all department stores have become dinosaurs. For years Eaton's suffered heavy losses because of specialty stores like Canadian Tire and later big-box American stores like Wal-Mart. But since the s Eaton's had also been losing ground to its main department store competitor Simpson Sears. During the s Eaton's had a 50 per cent market share and was Canada's top department store.

The family owned all the shares of the company. Winnipeggers react with anger when their legendary Timothy Eaton statue is slated to move. As all Eaton's stores close in Quebec, people say they are sad that a Canadian institution has died. When Eatons was reinvented as a slimmer, hipper retail chain in , it marked the event by launching a new commercial campaign during the television premiere of the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.

Well, yesterday Eatons died. And tomorrow, Canada's few remaining department stores will continue to struggle against the expanding selection of bigger, more economical U. The popularity of U.

Reciting the names of U. Sears barely acknowledged in its announcement yesterday the historical significance of Eatons, a year-old retailer that once controlled 58 per cent of the Canadian department-store market and employed more than 70, people.

All students should be prepared to ask and answer questions. After all presentations, try to agree, as a group, on the key reasons for Eaton's demise. Winnipeggers react with anger when their legendary Timothy Eaton statue is slated to move. As all Eaton's stores close in Quebec, people say they are sad that a Canadian institution has died. The page you are looking at will not be updated. Introduction The Canadian retail market has undergone significant shifts in the past years, during which time we have seen the end of some of Canada's retail founders, including Eaton's and Simpson's.