List of department stores by country
This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.
- Geant
- carrefoure
- Slim center
- Makni center
- Center X
- Yamama center
- Palmarium
- Taj marhaba
Marjane, Aswak Assalam are hypermarkets, as Label'Vie Carrefour; and Metro is a cash & carry
- Alpha 55, one 6-story store in Casablanca
- Galeries Lafayette, to open in 2011[1] within Morocco Mall, in Casablanca
- Shoprite
- Mega Plaza
- Adeniran Ogusanya Shopping complex
- City Mall, Nigeria
Currently trading:
- Army & Navy Stores
- The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).
- Best Impressions - Lancaster, ON. quality discount variety store.
- Bowring Brothers - St. John's, NL. department store. Also national home decor store chain.
- Canadian Tire - Auto repair garage, hardware, home renovations, sports, garden centre, electronics, auto parts, furniture, food, housewares, towels. Franchised stores with independent owners.
- Costco - USA, warehouse superstore, food, electronics, furniture, clothing, car repair.
- Dollar Giant - Dollar store chain, founded in 2001, head office in Vancouver
- Dollarama - Canada's largest dollar store chain.
- Fields - Discount chain owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
- Giant Tiger / Tigre Géant - Discount stores.
- Hart Stores - Eastern Canada discount chain.[1]
- Holt Renfrew - A high-end department store.
- Korvette - Found in various regions in the province of Quebec.
- LALIBERTÉ - On St-Joseph Street in Quebec City.
- La Maison Ogilvy - High-end department store in Montreal.
- L'Aubainerie - Quebec mid-size discount store similar to Giant Tiger. Formerly known as Croteau, some selected locations continue to trade under the former name.
- La Maison Simons - Quebec, Montreal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Laval
- Liquidation World - Furniture, hardware, home, grocery, health & beauty, clothing liquidation retailer with outlets across Canada.
- London Drugs - Western Canadian department store chain that sells personal care products, snacks, electronics, and computers.
- Riff's - Newfoundland department store chain.
- Rossy - Discount store chain in Quebec and New Brunswick.
- Sears Canada - Formerly Simpsons-Sears.
- Stedmans V&S - Discount stores.
- Taylor's - Quebec department store chain.
- The Bay/La Baie - Department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
- The North West Company - Retail, primarily northern and smaller towns.
- Walmart Canada Part of U.S giant walmart
- Winners - Part of U.S giant TJX Companies
- XS Cargo - Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items.
- Zellers - Discount department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
Defunct:
- Adilman's Department Store - Saskatoon, SK (1921-1974)
- Andrew's
- The Arcade - St. John's, Nfld.-based discount variety store chain (1938–1995).
- Ayre and Sons - Newfoundland-based department store chain. Once operated as many as 80 stores coast-to-coast (1859–1991).
- Bargain Harold's - A 135 location discount store chain based in Ontario with locations in Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes went bankrupt in 1992.
- The Bargain Barn - Interior of B.C.'s and Kelowna's most famous second hand furniture store and a budding head shop (head shop started in spring 2005). Last owned by David Armstrong, originally from Vancouver (Killerbunny Digital 1988- ) and Tiffany Hein, its doors closed in September 2005 due to sickness and the company's full restructuring was almost completed. 1984-2005 in Kelowna, B.C.
- Biway - Discount store based in Ontario, defunct 2001.
- The Bon Marché - Independent discount variety store in St. John's, Nfld. (1919–1971).
- Bretton's - High-end department store 1985-1996.
- Caban- Club Monaco's Home Store, 2000–2006
- Consumers Distributing - Catalogue store 1957-1996.
- Corvette
- Creaghan's - New Brunswick department store chain.
- Creed's - founded 1916, defunct 1991, high-end family-owned retailer.
- Dupuis Frères - Quebec-based chain, symbol of French-Canadian commerce and pride.
- Eaton's - Went bankrupt in 1999, and acquired by Sears Canada. Defunct in 2002.
- Fortin - In downtown Trois-Rivières, Quebec; bought by Dupuis Frères.
- Freimans - Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by the Bay in 1972.
- Greenberg - Merged with SAAN.
- Horizon - Discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967-1978.
- Holman's - Chain of stores in Prince Edward Island. Closed in early 1990s.
- Kmart Canada - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge - sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997.
- La Compagnie Paquet - 6 stores in Quebec City area. Closed June 1981. Some stores acquired by The Bay.
- Laroque's Department Store - 169-177 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Catering to the Francophone community of Lowertown - Closed circa 1970-1971 - Now The Mercury Court Building housing offices and shops.
- Lasalle - Discount department store.
- Le Syndicat de Québec - Acquired by La Compagnie Paquet in 1974.
- Letendre - On Saint Catherine Street East, Montreal; bought by CDS, then Eaton. The store closed after Eaton's expansion in the west. The building remains at the corner of Montcalm (NE).
- The London, New York and Paris - St. John's, Nfld. department store chain (1916–1991).
- Marks & Spencer - Canadian stores closed 1999
- Met Mart - Short-lived department store. Closed at the same time as Greenberg and Metropolitan Stores, some of the stores were turned into SAAN stores. Met Mart was named after its sister chain Metropolitan Stores.
- Metropolitan Stores Ltd. - Sister chain of SAAN, stores later converted to the SAAN name.
- Miracle Mart - Discount department store operated by Steinberg's, defunct 1992. Some outlets of the spinoff grocery chain, Miracle Food Mart, were acquired by Dominion Stores.
- Morgan's - Merged with Hudson's Bay Company.
- Murphy-Gamble - Ottawa store, acquired by Simpson's.
- Ogilvy's (Charles Ogilvy Limited) - Ottawa-area chain, merged with Robinson's in 1980s, defunct 1990s.
- Peoples - (1914–1995) discount store closed at the same time as its parent company Wise Stores.
- Prange & Prangeway - H. C. Prange Co. Opened in 1911. The chain was reported to have gone bankrupt in the autumn of 1995.
- Plazamart - On St-Hubert Street in Montreal.
- Pollack - In Quebec City area and Trois-Rivières - bankrupted in 1978.
- Pryce Jones - Calgary branch of United Kingdom mail-order company, operated 1911 to 1916.
- The Right House - Higher-end department stores, last store closed in the 1990s.
- Robinson's - Southern Ontario chain, merged with Ogilvy's in 1980s, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1990s.
- Royal Stores - Newfoundland department store chain (1895–1977).
- S&R Department Store - Discount store in Kingston.
- SAAN Stores - Discount stores (1947–2008). Most of chain's locations and SAAN name bought on asset basis by the Bargain! Shop.
- Sam's Club - opened 2005 and expanded to 6 locations; closed 2009
- Sayvette - Discount department store, defunct 1970s.
- Sentry - Ontario chain of retail department stores. Chain closed in mid-1980s.
- Shop-Rite - Catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company in 1970s-1992.
- Simpson's - Acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company and closed 1991; name now owned by Sears Canada since 2001
- Simpsons-Sears Limited - Renamed Sears Canada Inc. 1952-1984
- Spencer's - Western Canada, bought by Eaton's.
- S.S. Kresge - Smaller, downtown locations.
- Target - Newfoundland discount variety store chain (1981–1995) - never related to American company.
- Towers Department Stores/BoniMart - Sold to Zellers in 1990.
- Walker Department Store - Galt, Ontario.
- Wise Stores - Similar to Hart Stores.
- Wizmart- Discount liquidation store created by Wise Stores
- Wood Brothers - Halifax department store chain.
- Woodward's - Western Canada, defunct 1993. most stores converted to Zellers and The Bay.
- Woodwynn - Junior department store owned by Woodward's, defunct 1993.
- Woolco - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, acquired by Wal-Mart in 1994.
- F. W. Woolworth Company - Closed Canadian stores in 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).
- Yaohan - single location in Vancouver in late 1990s
Coming in the future
- Siman Biggest department store chain in El Salvador
- Carrion A department store chain in El Salvador
- Sears
- Sanborns An exclusive department store chain
- Siman Salvadoran department store. Biggest department store in Guatemala.
- Cemaco A department store chain in Guatemala
- Alli's
- Collin's
- Conway
- Dante
- Do it Center
- Dorian's
- El Machetazo
- El Titan
- Felix B. Maduro
- La Onda
- Poll Mart
- Sacks
- Saray
- Steven's
- Via Vai
Currently trading:
Future department Store in P.R:
Defunct:
- Almacenes Velasco
- Bargain Town
- Gonzalez Padin
- La New York Department Stores
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Defunct:
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- Almacenes París - Belongs to the Cencosud Group.
- Corona - 27 stores in 23 different cities of Chile and 1 Outlet Center in Santiago.
- Falabella - The oldest department store in Chile, also is the biggest retailer in Chile.
- Johnson's - Solds to the Cencosud Group in October, 2011.
- Jumbo - Supermarket chain, belongs to the Cencosud Group.
- La Polar
- Líder - Supermarket chain, belongs to the D&S Company, a Walmart joint venture.
- Ripley
- Hites
Defunct:
- Gala Sears - Closed because of an economical recession in 1983.
- Guendelman - Closed because of an economical recession in 1999.
- J. C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sales in 1999. Converted to Almacenes París and Casa&Ideas stores.
- Los Gobelinos - Closed because of an economic recession in 1978.
- Muricy - 3 stores: 1 in Las Condes area, 1 in Providencia area and 1 in Mall Plaza Vespucio. Closed because of poor sales in 1991. Converted to Almacenes París in 1992.
Defunct:
- ETAfashion - We create clothing and select the best national and international brands.
CASA TOSI - 5 big stores: 4 at Guayaquil (Policentro Mall, Downtown, Plaza Mayor Mall and Mall del Sur). In Quito have its largest store at CCI Mall
- Tienda por departamentos De Prati
Currently trading:
- Ripley
- Saga Falabella
- Oechsle - Broken up in the early 90s. It was the oldest department store in Peru. Returned to operations in 2009
Defunct:
- Hogar - Broken up in 1996.
- Saga - Sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995.
- Sears - Sold to and rebranded as Saga in the late 80s.
Coming soon:
Supermarkets and discount stores
Asia
Defunct:
- Seiyu - sold to Beijing Hualian Group
- Yaohan
- Wing On - After civil war in 1949, the store's business moved outside China to Hong Kong, its properties and asset in China were nationalized under Communist system.
Currently trading:
Defunct:
- Centro Department Store - Jakarta (3 stores), Bali, Yogyakarta
- Debenhams - Jakarta
- Daiso - Jakarta (6 stores) Bandung
- Galeri Keris - Jakarta (3 stores)
- Harvey Nichols - Jakarta
- Java Department Store - Jakarta (3 stores), Makassar, Palembang
- JM Department Store - Palembang (4 stores)
- Marks & Spencer - Jakarta (8 stores), Bandung, Surabaya, Bali (2 stores), Medan
- Matahari (department store) - nationwide (84 stores)
- Matahari New Generation
- Metro - Jakarta (3 stores), Bandung, Makassar
- Rimo - Jakarta, Tangerang, Bogor, Bandung, Manado
- Pasaraya Grande - Jakarta (2 stores)
- Ramayana - nationwide (104 stores)
- Star Department Store - Jakarta, Tangerang
- Sogo - Jakarta (4 stores), Surabaya, medan
- Surya - Papua
- Suzuya - Medan, Pematang Siantar, Rantau Prapat, Padang, Pekanbaru, Kampung Baru, Binjai
- Sarinah - Jakarta
- Seibu Department Stores - Jakarta
- Yogya Department Store - Jakarta, West Java, Central Java (Majenang)
- Lotte Mart (Jakarta)
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Defunct:
- Chase Value Centre(Karachi)
- metro cash and cary
- makro
- Amis
- Hyper Star (Lahore)
- 7th Avenue (Islamabad)
- Aghaas (Karachi)
- Al-Fatah, Liberty Market (Lahore)
- Prime Mark 100, Clifton (opp. bilawal house) (karachi)
- Chanda Store, Gulberg Main Market (Lahore)
- HKB (Lahore)
- Imtiaz1 (Karachi)
- Imtiaz2 (Karachi)
- Naheed (Karachi)
- Pace (Lahore)
- Metro , Sargodha Road, Near Motorway Check In (Faisalabad)
- Al-Fatah, Center Point, Kohinoor Town (Faisalabad)
- Fresh Suburban, Johar Town and DHA-EME (Lahore)
- E-Mart , Main Susan Road, Madina Town (Faisalabad)
- SB Departmental Stores, Near Chen One (Faisalabad)
- City Mega Mart, D Ground (Faisalabad)
- Pot Purri (Lahore)
- Shahid Iqbal (Karachi)
- CSD (Karachi,Hyderabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Quetta,)(vist on www.csd.gov.pk)
- Buy the Best , Sadar Lahore, Faisal Town Lahore,Shiekhupura (visit on www.BTB.com.pk)
- Q Mart Store, Sargodha, Bhalwal, Rajpur, Gujranwala (Lahore)(visit on www.qmartcorp.com)
- New bambino departmental store, D Ground (Faisalabad)
- Next (lahore)
- Adora
- CSI
- Centro
- Crossings
- Debenhams
- Ever Gotesco
- E-Mall
- Fair Mart/Plaza Fair
- Fit Mart
- Gaisano
- Isetann
- Landmark
- Marks & Spencer
- KCC
- LCC
- Lopue's
- Lee Plaza
- Magic
- Manels
- Mart One
- NCCC
- PhilRegalo
- Robertson
- Robinsons
- Rustans/Store Specialists,Inc.
- Sta.Lucia East
- SM
- Tiongsan
- White Gold
- 7 11
Currently trading:
Defunct:
- Daimaru - Branches now closed in Singapore.
- Lane Crawford - Branches now closed in Singapore.
- Sogo - Branches now closed in Singapore.
- Tokyu - Branches now closed in Singapore.
- Yaohan - Branches now closed in Singapore.
- Yosoko - Bankrupt.
- AK Plaza, 4 branches in Seoul National Capital Area
- Daedong Department Store in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do
- Daegu Department Store, 2 branches in Daegu
- Daewoo Department Store in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do
- D-Cube Geoje Department Store in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do
- Donga Department Store, 5 branches in Daegu Metropolitan Area
- Galleria Department Store, 8 branches throughout South Korea
- GS Square, 3 branches in Seoul Metropolitan Area
- Grand Department Store, 2 branches in Seoul Metropolitan Area
- Happy World Department Store in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul
- Heung-eop Department Store in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do
- Hyundai Department Store, 11 branches throughout the country
- I'Park Department Store in Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- Jeonju Core Department Store in Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do
- Lotte Department Store, 30 branches throughout the country, including three Young Plazas and one Avenuel, 2 overseas branches in Moscow and Beijing
- M Department Store in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do
- NC Department Store, 2 branches in Gyeonggi-do and Jeollanam-do
- Say Department Store in Seo-gu, Daejeon
- Shinsegae, 8 branches throughout the country
- Taepyung Department Store in Dongjak-gu, Seoul
- Yawoori Department Store in Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do
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Taiwan (The Republic of China)
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Defunct:
- Daimaru - Branches now closed in Thailand.
- Galleries lafayette - Branches now closed in Thailand
- Imperial
- Merry King - Branches now closed in Thailand.
- New World
- Printemps - Branches now closed in Thailand.
- Sogo - Branches now closed in Thailand.
- Yaohan - Branches now closed in Thailand.
Europe
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- Ahrens - A department store in Marburg.
- Alsterhaus - A department store in Hamburg, belonging to the Karstadt group.
- Breuninger - 10 luxury department stores with head office in Stuttgart.
- C&A - Not a department store, sells only clothes.
- Carsch Haus - A department store in Düsseldorf belonging to the Kaufhof group.
- Galeries Lafayette Berlin - Berlin branch of the French department store.
- Hema - Dutch group operating 6 department stores in Germany.
- KaDeWe - Located in Berlin part of Karstadt.
- Karstadt - The leading German department store group.
- Kaufhof / Galeria Kaufhof - subsidiary of the Metro group.
- Mitsukoshi
- Müller - Not really a department store, more a large chemists that sells several additional goods such as housewares, multi-media, toys.
- Wertheim - Karstadt runs two department stores in Berlin under this traditional name.
- Woolworth - German branch of the Woolworth group, independent from the international Woolworth group, now German owned by the Tengelmann Group.
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- Hertie - Merged with Karstadt. One top range store left in Munich, all other stores were re-named "Karstadt", or have been closed.
- Hertie - Relaunched in Germany in 2007, 74 former (smaller) Karstadt stores were re-named "Hertie" until they went bankrupt and have been closed in 2009.
- Horten - Merged with Kaufhof. All stores were re-named "Kaufhof" or "Galeria Kaufhof" or have been closed.Image:Kaufhof.jpg
- Kaufhaus Schocken - Merged with Horten and later Kaufhof.
- Kaufring
- Marks & Spencer
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- Fokas Department Stores - The leading group of Department Stores in Greece
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Defunct:
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Defunct:
- Grandella (Lisbon)
- Grandes Armazens do Chiado (Lisbon and branches)
- Marks & Spencer
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Defunct:
- Almacenes Paris-Madrid
- Sears - Taken over by Galerías Preciados in 1983.
- Galerías Preciados - Taken over by El Corte Inglés in 1996.
- Almacenes Arias - Closed in 1997.
- Almacenes Simeón - Closed in 1987.
- Marks & Spencer - Closed in 1996.
- SEPU - The Australian owners closed the remaining four branches in 2002.
Currently trading:
Defunct:
- YKM (YeniKaraMürsel)
- Harvey Nichols (Luxury Shopping)
- Debenhams
- Marks and Spencer
- H&M
- C&A
- Brandroom (Luxury Shopping)
Oceania
Discount Department Stores:
Defunct:
- Aherns
- Grace Bros. Now Myer
- Georges
- Daimaru
- Figgins Diorama
- Buckley & Nunn
- Waltons
- Fosseys
- Ball & Welch (Melbourne)
- Foy & Gibson (Melbourne)
- Gowings
- Hick Atkinson (Melbourne)
- The Mutual Store (Melbourne)
- Treadways
- McDonnell & East
- Mantons
- Charles Moore
- Anthony Hordern
- Snows
- Farmers
- Venture
- Boans
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