Posted Nov 12, 2008, 6:42 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Essex County
Posts: 1,007
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Somewhere I posted regarding Peoples before. The company had a decades-long presence downtown--though never in J.S.
Used to be in a streetfront location on King just east of James. Moved to the H.E.C. when it opened (1991?). It, along with sister jewellery company Mappins were among the first big chain retailers to bail out of the H.E.C. and downtown in relatively short order -- I'd guess '92 or '93...right when Peoples (and the retail economy in general went into a financial tailspin.
Peoples opening in JS is not only a great addition of a national retailer to JS, but more importantly marks the return of a retailer that had long ago given up on the core.
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