double take: Re: The Eaton Centre

Monday, June 30, 2008

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Eaton's

T. Eaton Co. Limited


Fate	Filed for bankruptcy, assets purchased by Sears Canada in 1999. Several stores were operated under a separate brand but all converted to Sears banner in 2002

Founded	1869
Defunct	1999 as an entity, 2002 as a brand
Location	Toronto, Canada (with stores across Canada)
Industry	retail (Department store)
Products	Over the years, everything from clothing to farming implements
Key people	Timothy Eaton, John Craig Eaton, Flora McCrea Eaton (Lady Eaton)
Peak size	70,000 (peak) employees

Eaton's was once Canada's largest department store retailer. Founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant, Eaton's first advertisement read "We propose to sell our goods for CASH ONLY – In selling goods, to have only one price." In an era where haggling for goods was commonplace, this was a revolutionary business practice.^[1]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton's#Eaton.E2.80.99s_in_Quebec

Please note that this Eaton is different than the famous Eaton College located in Eaton, Birkshire, UK.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Eton,+Windsor,+Windsor+and+Maidenhead,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&cd=6&geocode=0,51.490736,-0.609362&ll=51.490736,-0.609362&spn=4.782244,10.283203&z=7
--double_take