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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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Africa

South Africa

Zimbabwe

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America, North

 Canada

Currently trading:

  • Army & Navy Stores
  • The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).
  • Bowring Brothers - St. John's, Nfld. 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.
  • S&R Department Store - Discount store in Kingston. (closed)
  • 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 - US-based international discount store.
  • 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:

  • 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.
  • 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 Metropolitain 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.
  • 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 Ogilvy's in 1980s, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1990s.
  • Royal Stores - Newfoundland department store chain (1895-1977).
  • SAAN Stores - 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.
  • 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

 Mexico

  • Saks Fifth Avenue Branch of the United States based company
  • El Palacio de Hierro High end department store, Polanco, Mexico City
  • Dorian's a division of Carso Comercial
  • Sanborns a division of Carso Comercial, spread throughout the country, Madero, Mexico City
  • Liverpool Biggest Department store chain in Mexico, Insurgentes, Mexico City
  • Fábricas de Francia Other department store by Liverpool.
  • Sears Roebuck de México - A division of Carso Comercial, Perisur, Mexico City.
  • Wal-Mart de México – Majority interest is owned by the U.S. Wal-Mart.
  • Woolworth Mexicana
  • C&A
  • Suburbia
  • Cimaco
  • La Marina
  • Viana The cheapest price in the hole market

Defunct:

  • Hemmesse
  • Paris Londres
  • Class
  • Salinas & Rocha
  • Galas de México

 Panama

 Puerto Rico

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Almacenes Velasco
  • Bargain Town
  • Gonzalez Padin

 United States

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

America, South

 Argentina

 Brazil

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Dillard´s
  • Mappin
  • Mesbla
  • Sandiz
  • Sears

 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.

 Colombia

  • Caravana
  • Carrefour - French based supermarket and department store
  • EXITO - Medellin-based department store.
  • Falabella - Chilean company. Opened first store in Colombia end 2006.
  • Flamingo
  • Ley [disambiguation needed]
  • Tia
  • Homecenter
  • Alkosto
  • Makro
  • Olímpica
  • Zara - is not a department store, it only sells clothes

Defunct:

 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.

Asia

 People's Republic of China

Defunct:

 Hong Kong

Currently trading:

Defunct:

 Macau

  • New Yaohan

Defunct:

 India

 Indonesia

 Iran

 Israel

  • Hamashbir Latsarchan

 Japan

Main article: Department stores in Japan

 Malaysia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

 Pakistan

 Philippines

 Saudi Arabia

 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.

 South Korea

 Taiwan (Republic of China)

Currently trading:

 Thailand

Currently trading:

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.

 United Arab Emirates

 Lebanon

  • CityMall
  • ABC
  • BHV

Europe

 Czech Republic

 Cyprus

 Denmark

Currently trading:

Defunct:

 Finland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Pukeva

 France

 Germany

Currently trading:

  • Ahrens [disambiguation needed] - 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 [disambiguation needed] - 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

 Hungary

 Ireland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

 Italy

 Lithuania

 Luxembourg

  • Monopol

 Netherlands

 Poland

 Portugal

Currently trading:

  • Cortefiel is not a department store, it only sells clothes
  • Loja das Meias
  • El Corte Inglés (Lisbon) Spanish leading department store
  • Marques Soares (Oporto)
  • C&A - Not a department store, sells only clothes.


Defunct:

  • Grandella (Lisbon)
  • Grandes Armazens do Chiado (Lisbon and branches)
  • Marks & Spencer

 Romania

 Russia

 Serbia

 Slovakia

 Spain

Currently trading:

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 1997
  • Almacenes Simeón - Closed in 1987
  • Marks & Spencer - Closed 1996
  • SEPU - Closed its remaining four branches in 2002. Some buildings were bought by El Corte Inglés and H&M.
  • Modelo Continente - Bought by Carrefour.
  • PRYCA - Bought by Carrefour.

 Sweden

Currently trading:

Defunct:

 Switzerland

 United Kingdom

Main article: List of department stores of the United Kingdom

 Turkey

Main article: Some of department stores of Turkey

Oceania

 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
  • McDonnell & East
  • Mantons
  • Charles Moore
  • Anthony Hordern
  • Snows
  • Farmers
  • Venture
  • Boans

 New Zealand

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • D.I.C.
  • Deka
  • George Courts
  • John Courts
  • Mackenzies
  • ROB DOT

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