Designer Depot is a Canadian deep discount

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and liquidation store that sold

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s at prices 25 to 60% below regular department and specialty store prices. Retailer

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business di ...

(HBC) created the division in November 2004 and sold it in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies. The first location opened as part of the

Vaughan Mills Vaughan Mills is a regional outlet mall located at the southeast quadrant of the Highway 400 and Rutherford Road interchange in Vaughan, Ontario, just south of Canada's Wonderland. It is one of the largest enclosed shopping centres in Canad ...

Mall in

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. Weekly shipments of clothing originated from Fairweather and associated chains. The merchandise was sourced through order cancellations by other retailers, excess stock, liquidations, not passing 100% quality check or bankruptcies. Their slogan was "Designer Labels. Depot Prices." The average store size was .

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