Shopping at the Bay in the last few years was an exercise in frustration. If I went in looking for something in particular - a jacket, say, or underwear - I had to wander among multiple locations organized by brand in order to compare items. The last time I was there to buy underwear, the staff person told me that Stanfield's didn't make that type any more. (They did, easily found online.) They lost my custom long before they went out of business.
I do not recall the Bay as a retail presence until they bought out Simpsons; they were certainly not a part of my childhood (and we tended to shop at Eatons in any case.)
More generally, the Bay - which passed through several hands, including Thompson, before its current incarnation - has effectively nothing in common with The Company of Gentlemen and Adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay, even if they did retain the branding with the blankets.
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Shopping at the Bay in the last few years was an exercise in frustration. If I went in looking for something in particular - a jacket, say, or underwear - I had to wander among multiple locations organized by brand in order to compare items. The last time I was there to buy underwear, the staff person told me that Stanfield's didn't make that type any more. (They did, easily found online.) They lost my custom long before they went out of business.
I do not recall the Bay as a retail presence until they bought out Simpsons; they were certainly not a part of my childhood (and we tended to shop at Eatons in any case.)
More generally, the Bay - which passed through several hands, including Thompson, before its current incarnation - has effectively nothing in common with The Company of Gentlemen and Adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay, even if they did retain the branding with the blankets.