Canadian Retail Thread

[SpongeG]

yay more clothes no one wants to buy

i remember when j crew was affordable

[OTSkyline]

^ I'm guessing one of these locations will probably be Ottawa. Ottawa-Gatineau is on steroids with new retail developments lately:

Rideau Centre Expansion
Bayshore Expansion
Les Promenades Expansion
New retail @ Lansdowne
Tanger Outlets in Kanata
Recently announced retail complex right next to Tanger in Kanata

Would be fun to have tally of the total square feet of retail all of these add up to...

[osirisboy]

How's place d'orleans doing?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

How's place d'orleans doing?

It was a struggling a bit in recent years. St Laurent which is nearby was doing really well and hurting it by competing aggressively plus a huge amount of strip mall retail was built on Innes Rd in Orleans and drew much business away from the area where the mall is located.

But now there are very recent signs that things are looking up for PdO. New retailers are coming in. Not sure about any expansion plans though.

[GreatTallNorth2]

More talk of Uniqlo. We've shopped there in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and they have a good reputation, well designed clothes and low prices, similar to H&M. They would be a welcome addition to a country where our only home grown clothing stores are a subsidiary to a tire store (Mark's WW) and a grocery store (Joe Fresh).

http://business.financialpost.com/20...6-sources-say/

[ue]

Originally Posted by GreatTallNorth2

More talk of Uniqlo. We've shopped there in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and they have a good reputation, well designed clothes and low prices, similar to H&M. They would be a welcome addition to a country where our only home grown clothing stores are a subsidiary to a tire store (Mark's WW) and a grocery store (Joe Fresh).

http://business.financialpost.com/20...6-sources-say/

lululemon, aritizia, simons, aldo?

[GreatTallNorth2]

Originally Posted by ue

lululemon, aritizia, simons, aldo?

Ok, well I was referring to clothing stores that appeal to a broad range of customers, not niche stores. And btw, Lululemon has to self destruct soon. How a chain which built it's brand on tights with bell bottoms has existed so long is beyond me. Canada's fashion industry is so far behind Europe and even behind the USA.

[bikegypsy]

Originally Posted by GreatTallNorth2

Canada's fashion industry is so far behind Europe and even behind the USA.

And South America and Asia as well. We are on par with Australia, I think.

[GreaterMontréal]

you compare a country to a continent ?

[SpongeG]

what about le chateau... or le crapeau as my friends and i call it

[ue]

^ lol

And yeah, comparing Canada to Europe, with 700 million people, is a bit unfair. I'd say we do ok, but could do better.

[bikegypsy]

Eeer.. I think it's quite clear that he meant "European country"... Obviously. Canada is far far faaaar behind places like Germany, France, the Uk, Italy and Spain.

[miketoronto]

Originally Posted by bikegypsy

Eeer.. I think it's quite clear that he meant "European country"... Obviously. Canada is far far faaaar behind places like Germany, France, the Uk, Italy and Spain.

Behind the fashion centers like France and Italy, I don't know about Germany. I was there last year and they dress just as bad as Canadians. Not much style at all, especially after having been in France, you notice the difference.

Canada used to have a lot more homegrown fashion stores before NAFTA.

[ue]

^ Were you in Berlin or the Rhine-Ruhr?

[Rusty van Reddick]

Originally Posted by miketoronto

Behind the fashion centers like France and Italy. I don't know about Germany. I was there last year and they dress just as bad as Canadians. Not much style at all, especially after having been in France, you notice the difference.

Bullshit. Germans dress like Europeans. And I don't think Canadians dress badly, just differently.

[Rusty van Reddick]

Originally Posted by ue

^ Were you in Berlin or the Rhine-Ruhr?

Duesseldorf is the heart of Rhein-Ruhr and it's the Milano of Germany so what are you implying with that question? Berliners dress like Beltline hipsters.

[ue]

^ No need to get so defensive. I agree, that's why I was asking mike if he'd been to these places, as they're quite known for being hip and fashionable. Dusseldorf is the design centre of Germany and Berlin is a major fashion city.

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by Acajack

It was a struggling a bit in recent years. St Laurent which is nearby was doing really well and hurting it by competing aggressively plus a huge amount of strip mall retail was built on Innes Rd in Orleans and drew much business away from the area where the mall is located.

But now there are very recent signs that things are looking up for PdO. New retailers are coming in. Not sure about any expansion plans though.

If that is the case, St. Laurent may get seriously squeezed and may end up as the mall that falls behind...we shall see.

[miketoronto]

Originally Posted by ue

^ Were you in Berlin or the Rhine-Ruhr?

No. Stuttgart.

[MustangJay]

Originally Posted by icetea93

J. Crew will be opening 4 new Canadian stores in 2014, no word on locations yet

I have it on good authority that one of these locations will be in Sherway Gardens, an upscale mall in Toronto's west end.