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South Shore Furniture
South Shore Furniture (incorporated as Les Industries de la Rive Sud Ltée and also known as Meubles Rive Sud) is a Canadian furniture manufacturer. It sells ready-to-assemble furniture and fully assembled furniture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. History South Shore Furniture was founded by Eugène Laflamme in 1940. The company was incorporated in Quebec under the name Les Industries de la Rive Sud Ltée. During the 1960s and 1970s, it grew larger through furniture company purchases. South Shore purchased two Quebec companies: Laurierville, Quebec, Laurierville-based Morrissette & frères and in 1978 Coaticook-based J.W. Kilgour Ltd. David W. Conklin's 1994 case study noted that South Shore was able to purchase better equipment and enlarge its factories by relying on only its profits instead of outside investment, so it was not affected by monetary difficulties arising from the stock market's drop or the Quebec Stock Savings Plan. In 1970, Eugène Laflamme's son, Guy L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Croix, Quebec
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009. The new constitution dates from 2001, after the amalgamation of the parish and the village of Sainte-Croix. Name ''Sainte-Croix'' name refers to the True Cross, but was in use well before its foundation in 1713. In fact, the ''seigneurie'' of Sainte-Croix was granted in 1637 to the Company of One Hundred Associates at a point named Platon Sainte-Croix (''Holy Cross Flats'' in English), at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River. It had been named as such by Jacques Cartier, who had spent the winter of 1535-36 there. Samuel de Champlain explained in 1613 that there had been a mistake and this was not the place where Jacques Cartier had wintered. The point is now called ''Pointe Platon'' ("Plato (or Flat) Point"). Economy South Shore Furniture South Shore Furniture (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |