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Originally Posted by manny_santos
Most of the Bay stores I'm familiar with were former Simpson's stores, so they all date back to the 1980s or 1991 at the latest.
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Yeah, I'm meaning this decade, or at the very least, this century. It seems like the last new Bay stores opened in the '90s, like the one that took over the old Eatons in Downtown Edmonton.
If they restructured and standardized their stores to the level of quality that the key stores in Toronto and Vancouver have, they'd be a lot more powerful as a national brand rather than the sorry ass state they're currently in for most of Canada. Even the updates they've done to some of the key Edmonton stores are pretty forgettable compared to the Yorkdale or Granville locations. I believe even Calgary's stores are on a better level. In this case, they would be in a much better position to actually open new stores.
I could see them operating as such:
Victoria, Bay Centre
Vancouver, Granville St
Burnaby, Metrotown
Richmond, CF Richmond Centre
West Vancouver, Park Royal
Kelowna, Orchard Park
Calgary, The Core
Calgary, Chinook
Edmonton, Southgate
Edmonton, West Edm Mall
Saskatoon, Midtown Plaza
Regina, Cornwall Centre
Winnipeg, Polo Park
Winnipeg, St Vital Centre
Toronto, Queen St
North York, Yorkdale
Scarborough, Scarborough Centre
Etobicoke, Sherway Gardens
Mississauga, Square One
Markham, CF Markville
Newmarket, Upper Canada Mall
Hamilton, CF Lime Ridge
Waterloo, Conestoga Mall
London, White Oaks Mall
Kingston, Cataraqui Centre
Ottawa, Rideau Centre
Ottawa, Bayshore
Gatineau, Promenades Gatineau
Montreal, Rue St-Catherine
Montreal, Galeries d'Anjou
Pointe Claire, Fairview Pointe Claire
Laval, Carrefour Laval
Longueil, Mail Champlain
Quebec, Sainte-Foy
Quebec, Galeries de la Capitale
Dieppe, CF Champlain
Halifax, Micmac Mall
Could also see the case for opening new downtown stores in Edmonton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Quebec, and Halifax. Or, in Edmonton's case, completely gutting the existing one and starting fresh. Either way, as it stands, the Bay is too broad nationally for today's market and could use a severe downsizing. Unfortunately, such a downsizing would look really bad.