List of department stores by country

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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.

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[edit] Africa

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Zimbabwe

[edit] America, North

[edit]  Canada

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 and Spencer - Canadian stores closed 1999
  • Met Mart - Short-lived department store. Closed at the same time as Greenberg and Metropolitain Stores, some of the stores were turned into SAAN 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.
  • 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 90's.
  • Robinson's - Southern Ontario chain, merged with Charles Ogilvy Limited in 1980s, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1990s.
  • Royal Stores - Newfoundland department store chain (1895-1977).
  • SAAN - Discount stores (1947-2008).Most of chain's locations and SAAN name bought on asset basis by the Bargain! Shop.
  • Sam'ss 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 out 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.
  • Woolworth - Closed Canadian stores in 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).
  • Yaohan - single location in Vancouver in late 1990s

[edit]  Mexico

Defunct:

[edit]  Panama

[edit]  Puerto Rico

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  United States

Main articles: List of department stores of the United States and List of defunct retailers of the United States

[edit] America, South

[edit]  Argentina

[edit]  Brazil

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Chile

Currently trading:

  • Almacenes París - Belongs to the Cencosud Group.
  • Falabella - The oldest department store in Chile.
  • Johnson's
  • Jumbo - Supermarket chain, belongs to the Cencosud Group.
  • La Polar
  • Líder - Supermarket chain, belongs to the D&S Company.
  • Ripley
  • Corona - 27 Stores in 23 different cities of Chile and 1 Outlet Center in Santiago

Defunct:

  • J.C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1999.
  • Muricy's - 1 store in Las Condes area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1991.
  • Sears - Closed because of an economical recession in 1988.
  • Los Gobellinos - Closed because of an economical recession.

[edit]  Colombia

Defunct:

[edit]  Peru

Currently trading:

Coming soon:

Defunct:

  • Hogar - Broken up in 1996.
  • Oechsle - Broken up in the early 90s. It was the oldest department store in Peru.
  • Saga - Sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995.
  • Sears - Sold to and rebranded as Saga in the late 80s.

[edit] Asia

[edit]  People's Republic of China

  • Shin Kong Place (新光天地)

Defunct:

Defunct:

[edit]  Hong Kong

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Macau

Defunct:

[edit]  India

[edit]  Indonesia

[edit]  Iran

[edit]  Israel

[edit]  Japan

Main article: Department stores in Japan

[edit]  Malaysia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Yaohan - Branches taken over by Parkson.

[edit]  Pakistan

[edit]  Philippines

[edit]  Saudi Arabia

[edit]  Singapore

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.

[edit]  South Korea

[edit]  Taiwan (Republic of China)

Currently trading:

[edit]  Thailand

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  United Arab Emirates

[edit]  Lebanon

[edit] Europe

[edit]  Czech Republic

[edit]  Cyprus

[edit]  Denmark

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Finland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  France

[edit]  Germany

Currently trading:

  • 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.
  • Hertie - Relaunched in Germany in 2007, 74 former (smaller) Karstadt stores are now Hertie again.
  • KaDeWe - Located in Berlin part of Karstadt.
  • Karstadt - The leading German department store group.
  • Kaufhof / Galeria Kaufhof - Daughter 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.

Defunct:

  • Hertie - Merged with Karstadt. One top range store left in Munich, all other stores were re-named "Karstadt", or have been closed.
  • Horten - Merged with Kaufhof. ll stores were re-named "Kaufhof" or "Galeria Kaufhof" or have been closed.[2]
  • Kaufhaus Schocken - Merged with Horten and later Kaufhof.
  • Kaufring
  • Marks & Spencer

[edit]  Hungary

[edit]  Ireland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Italy

[edit]  Lithuania

[edit]  Luxembourg

[edit]  Netherlands

[edit]  Poland

[edit]  Portugal

Currently trading:


Defunct:

[edit]  Romania

[edit]  Russia

[edit]  Serbia

[edit]  Slovakia

[edit]  Spain

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Sweden

Currently trading:

Defunct:

[edit]  Switzerland

[edit]  United Kingdom

Main article: List of department stores of the United Kingdom
  • Selfridges
  • Harrods
  • John Lewis
  • House of Fraser
  • Debenhams
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Fenwick
  • Liberty
  • Harvey Nichols
  • The Range Home & Lesiure (Operating 38 Superstores)

[edit]  Turkey

Main article: Some of department stores of Turkey


[edit] Oceania

[edit]  Australia

Discount Department Stores:

Defunct:

  • Aherns
  • Grace Bros
  • Georges
  • Daimaru
  • Figgins Diorama
  • Buckley & Nunn
  • Waltons
  • Fosseys
  • Ball & Welch (Melbourne)
  • Foy & Gibson (Melbourne)
  • Hick Atkinson (Melbourne)
  • The Mutual Store (Melbourne)
  • Treadways
  • Mantons
  • Charles Moore
  • Anthony Horden
  • Snows
  • Farmers
  • Venture
  • Boans

[edit]  New Zealand

Currently trading:

Defunct:

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