HBC
HBC’s ‘Colonial Barbie’ comes with some baggage
The toy, emblazoned in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s iconic colours, is a hot-ticket reminder of a colonial past
Waiting for Target: Canadian retailers retrench
Retail companies brace for the U.S. juggernaut to set up shop north of the border
Good luck getting a pair of those red mittens now
‘Oprah effect’ kicks in
“It’s about the mittens”
Crowds line Granville St. for a pair of the $10 Olympic fashion craze
Channelling Bob and Doug McKenzie
HBC’s clothing line for the Vancouver Games is better than the disaster it pushed in Beijing. But it’s still a bore—and there’s the whole logo fiasco.
Bonnie of The Bay
She’s smart, fearless and charismatic. Will that be enough to revive the iconic retailer?
Biz fix: Will NRDC inject the Bay with some style?
In the money: NRDC Equity Partners, owner of the upscale American Lord & Taylor department store chain, finally achieved its goal of buying HBC. As a consumer I’m thrilled (in a guilty kind of way), mainly at the prospect of seeing my dowdy local Bay store get a facelift and start offering clothing brands I want to buy. I even like their pick for CEO. Today it was announced that Jeffrey Sherman, former president and COO of the Polo Retail Group, is the Bay’s new top gun. With experience overseeing the Polo stores internationally and looking after Club Monaco for a while, he might be able to inject the Bay with a little style.