Hudson's Bay Company
News and overview for Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson s Bay Company Taps QuantiSense to Improve Retail Analytics, Transition to Cost Method of Inventory Accounting [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 10 hours 14 minutes ago
QuantiSense today announced that Hudson’s Bay Company has selected its retail analytics and business intelligence application to help standardize the company’s enterprise-wide approach to inventory accounting. Hudson’s Bay Company is Canada’s largest diversified general merchandise retailer with more than 600 retail locations across the country under the banners Zellers, the Bay, Home Outfitters, and Fields. The company’s North American parent company, Hudson’s Bay Trading Company (HBTC), als...
Hartindo AF31 Formulated Christmas Tree Spray in Retail Chain [Press Release]
MarketWire | 19 days 23 hours 45 minutes ago
POINT EDWARD, ON -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/09 -- Megola Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MGOA) is pleased to announce that Home Outfitters, a division of Hudson's Bay Company and one of Canada's largest home goods retailers, is now carrying EvergreenHero(TM) Christmas tree fire prevention spray at all locations across Canada.
Linens 'N Things(R) Signs License Agreement with Canada's Retail Giant Home Outfitters [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 47 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
...agreement with Home Outfitters, a division of Hudson's Bay Company and one of Canada's largest home goods retailers...said Kerry Mader, Senior Vice President of Hudson's Bay Company. "As a highly recognized and trusted brand it...
Canadian Olympic clothing logo too close to Tory logo: Opposition
Canada.com | 10 days 22 hours 4 minutes ago
The official logo that will adorn 2010 Olympic clothing sold by the Hudson's Bay Company bears a too-striking resemblance to the logo of the Conservative Party of Canada, opposition politicians charged Thursday.
Cowichan leaders to meet with the Bay over sweater dispute
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 28 days 17 hours 37 minutes ago
Native knitters threatened to protest torch, saying Olympic version of the sweater infringes on their centuries-old brand
First Nation sues government over 1851 promise
National Post (Canada) | 7 days 18 hours 56 minutes ago
VICTORIA -- An allegedly broken promise from 160 years ago will be tested by a lawsuit filed against the federal and provincial governments.
Canada's Retail Giant Home Outfitters Licenses Linens 'N Things
Progressive Grocer | 43 days 16 hours 51 minutes ago
Linens 'N Things is resurfacing as a brand next year with a new licensing deal signed last week with Home Outfitters, a division of Hudson's Bay Company and one of Canada's largest home goods retailers.
Tracking David Douglas in the Northwest
Oregonian (Portland), The | 6 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
The journals and papers of David Douglas (1799-1834) are scattered in libraries and museums around the world. Jack Nisbet studied them carefully for his new book "The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest" but preferred to do his field research closer to home.
Governor General's seal meal a courtesy I couldn't stomach - thestar.com
Toronto Star, The | 6 days 22 hours 20 minutes ago
My admiration for the Governor General has just risen off the charts, for she can do what I could not. She is able to eat a slice of fresh raw seal heart and keep it down.
Torch relay: Olympic flame can't outshine polar bears in northern Manitoba
National Post (Canada) | 16 days 3 hours 1 minute ago
CHURCHILL, Man. -- If you Google Churchill, Manitoba, you will not get all the data about the town you're researching, like the fact that only 962 people live here, or that it's right on the shore of Hudson Bay in the province's North, and thus as chilly a place as subarctic can be.
A.R.E. Announces 2009-2010 Retail Council
Display & Design Ideas | 22 days 5 hours 37 minutes ago
A.R.E. Announces 2009-2010 Retail Council November 02, 2009
Citizenship Study Guide focuses on Canada's history
Canada.com | 12 days 6 hours 4 minutes ago
A new citizenship study guide released Thursday places a stronger focus on Canadian military and domestic history, with more information on national symbols and historical figures.
Celebrating Woman Road Warrior Day September 21st [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 66 days 20 hours 12 minutes ago
...Road Warrior Day include: Hudson's on the Bend, Austin, TX; Pasta Moon, Half Moon Bay, CA; PowerLinks, RightPoint Consulting and Your Plan B Company, Chicago, IL. Ameche...Information Officer, Tribune Company, and Senior Director, Dun...
Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness and Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday
MediaGuardian | 15 days 14 hours 55 minutes ago
Ray Mears won't be happy until the earth swallows him up and he comes back as a tree
Riel's saga now in citizenship guide
Canada.com | 11 days 23 hours 6 minutes ago
Whether new Canadians see him as a traitor, a defender of minority rights, a hero or a flat-out criminal, they will no longer be able to say they've never heard of him: The contentious story of Louis Riel will be front and centre in an updated citizenship study guide to be released today.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Hudson's Bay Company |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Department Stores |
| Website: | http://www.hbc.com |
Here's a company that's traveled a fur piece from its 17th-century roots. Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) is Canada's largest department store chain. Founded in 1670 as a fur trading enterprise, HBC is also Canada's oldest corporation. Its Zellers chain is the country's #2 discount department store (behind Wal-Mart Canada), with some 290 stores. HBC also runs about 100 the Bay department stores, some 120 Fields general merchandise and apparel stores in Western Canada, more than 60 Home Outfitters superstores, and Hbc.com. The company also has its own credit card and financial services companies. HBC is owned by NRDC Equity Partners, which is looking to take the company public in 2011.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 8,226 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 0.0 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 66,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | January |