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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Designer Depot
| name = Designer Depot
| logo =
| logo = Designer Depot Logo.svg
| type = Off-price [[department store]] chain
| type = Off-price [[department store]] chain
| foundation = 2004
| foundation = 2004
| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| industry = [[Retail]]
| industry = [[Retail]]
| products = Clothing, footwear, accessories.
| products = Clothing, footwear, accessories.
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| defunct =
| slogan = ''The Latest Looks For Less''
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| parent = [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (2004–2008)<br>INC Group of Companies (2008–2016, 2021- Present)
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|defunct = 2016
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| homepage = http://www.designerdepot.ca (defunct)
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| parent = [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (2004–2008)<br>INC Group of Companies (2008–2016)
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| homepage = http://www.designerdepot.ca
}}
}}
[[File:Designer depot in Vaughan Mills 2022.jpg|thumb|240px|Designer Depot in [[Vaughan Mills]]]]
'''Designer Depot''' was a Canadian [[department store]] that sold [[brand name]]s at prices 25–60% below regular department and specialty store prices. It was created in November 2004 as a division of retailer [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (HBC). It was sold by HBC in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=428721|title=Hudson's Bay eager to log on to new era|last=Shaw|first=Hollie|publisher=[[Financial Post]]|date= 8 April 2008|accessdate=2011-01-14}}</ref>
'''Designer Depot''' is a Canadian deep discount [[department store]] and liquidation store that sold [[brand name]]s at prices 25 to 60% below regular department and specialty store prices. Retailer [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (HBC) created the division in November 2004 and sold it in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=428721| title=Hudson's Bay eager to log on to new era| last=Shaw| first=Hollie| newspaper=[[Financial Post]]| location=Toronto| date=8 April 2008| accessdate=2011-01-14| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516083404/http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=428721| archivedate=16 May 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Designer Depot Logo.svg|200px|thumb|right|Former logo]]
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The first location opened as part of the [[Vaughan Mills]] Mall in [[Vaughan, Ontario]]. Weekly shipments of clothing originate from Fairweather and Randy River outlets. Children’s, infant, and maternity clothing is also sold. Designer Depot carries Plus sizes and Petites. The merchandise is sourced from around the world by a team of specialty buyers who buy the merchandise for various reasons, including order cancellations by other retailers, excess stock, liquidations, not passing 100% quality check or bankruptcies. Their slogan is “Designer Labels. Depot Prices.”


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The first location opened as part of the [[Vaughan Mills]] Mall in [[Vaughan, Ontario]]. Weekly shipments of clothing originated from Fairweather and associated chains. The merchandise was sourced through order cancellations by other retailers, excess stock, liquidations, not passing 100% quality check or bankruptcies.
The average store size is {{convert|32000|sqft|m2}}. Designer Depot represented HBC’s entrance into the off-price market in Canada, which is approximately $5 billion and growing. There are nine Designer Depot stores.


Their slogan was "Designer Labels. Depot Prices."
==British Columbia ==
*Nanaimo
**North Town Centre
*Surrey
**Surrey Central Mall


The average store size was {{convert|32000|sqft|m2}}.
==Saskatchewan ==
Prince Albert

===Alberta===
*Edmonton
** Westpoint Centre
*Calgary
** Northland Village
** Sunridge Spectrum

===Ontario===
*Toronto
** Woodbine Centre
*[[Vaughan]]
** [[Vaughan Mills]] Shopping Centre
*[[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]]
** Eglinton Corners
*Mississauga
**Dixie Mall
*[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]]
**[[Walker Road|Walker]] Square

===Nova Scotia===
*[[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]]
**[[Mic Mac Mall]]
Locations included Thickson Place in [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], and Walker Square in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], now vacant. A location at Eglinton Corners (Warden & Eglinton) in [[Toronto]] was dubbed Target Apparel then reverted to a Designer Depot, now International Clothiers. [[Shoppers World Brampton]] in [[Brampton]] was scheduled to open a location, but later opened a Labels, under the same ownership. The [[West Edmonton Mall]] location closed later in 2015 and was replaced with an International Clothiers.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Clothing retailers of Canada]]
[[Category:Clothing retailers of Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct retail companies of Canada]]




Latest revision as of 02:57, 23 November 2023

Designer Depot
Company typeOff-price department store chain
IndustryRetail
Founded2004
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
ProductsClothing, footwear, accessories.
ParentHudson's Bay Company (2004–2008)
INC Group of Companies (2008–2016, 2021- Present)
Websitehttp://www.designerdepot.ca (defunct)
Designer Depot in Vaughan Mills

Designer Depot is a Canadian deep discount department store and liquidation store that sold brand names at prices 25 to 60% below regular department and specialty store prices. Retailer Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) created the division in November 2004 and sold it in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies.[1]

The first location opened as part of the Vaughan Mills Mall in Vaughan, Ontario. Weekly shipments of clothing originated from Fairweather and associated chains. The merchandise was sourced through order cancellations by other retailers, excess stock, liquidations, not passing 100% quality check or bankruptcies.

Their slogan was "Designer Labels. Depot Prices."

The average store size was 32,000 square feet (3,000 m2).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shaw, Hollie (8 April 2008). "Hudson's Bay eager to log on to new era". Financial Post. Toronto. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-14.


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