LIST OF DEPARTMENT STORES


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.

Contents
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
Chile
Colombia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Panama
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America

Argentina



Arcor

Falabella

Frávega

Garbarino

Havana

Australia


'Currently trading:'

Big W - Operated by Woolworths Limited.

Dimmeys - Department store selling quality merchandise at bargain prices. It is the second-oldest department store in Australia still operating under its original name.

Harris Scarfe - Department store retailer selling homewares, manchester and casual lifestyle apparel. Was listed in stock market until 2001.


Allens - Opened in 1913 as a menswear shop before becoming a department store. Taken over by Harris Scarfe in 2004. Operates stores in NSW and the ACT.

Harvey Norman - Mainly selling electrical appliances and furniture. The top furniture retailer in Australia. Listed in stock market.

David Jones - Luxury retailer, stocks merchandise from homewares to fashion. One of the world's oldest department stores still trading under its original name.


John Martin - Operated by the Hayward family for over 100 years. Bought by David Jones in 1985, absorbed into David Jones in the mid-1990s.

K-mart - Operated by Coles Group Ltd.

Myer - Formally operated by Coles Myer group, now owned by US-based consortium Newbridge Capital, part of the Texas Pacific Group, which also owns Neiman Marcus in the USA and Debenhams in the UK. The Myer family is a 5% partner in the venture.


Grace Bros. - Bought by Coles Group in 1983, absorbed Myer stores in NSW/ACT, chain renamed Myer in 2004.

Target - Operated by Coles Group Ltd.


Target Country - Took over now-defunct Fosseys. Target Country trades in areas with a relatively small population and is a scaled down version of standard Target.
'Defunct:'

Boans - Formerly Western Australia's major store chain- acquired by Myer.

Daimaru - Failed after just 11 years in operation.

Farmers - Bought by Myer in 1961, rebranded as Myer in 1976, rebranded as Grace Bros in 1983 and back to Myer in 2004.

FitzGerald's Department Stores - Formerly Tasmania's leading store chain- merged with Harris Scarfe in 1995.

Gowings - Small department store selling menswear. Operated from 1868-2006.

John Martin & Co. - Formerly a major Adelaide store, with suburban branches- acquired by David Jones.

Norman Ross - Discount department store operated by the current owners of Harvey Norman. Bought out by Waltons and later failed.

Super K-Mart - Store concept and culture did not work. From mid-80s to 1991.

Venture - Discount Department store. Opened in 1970. Went bankrupt in 1992.

Waltons - Opened in 1951 as a menswear shop. Converted to a department store in 1955 and grew to 96 stores across Australia. Failed in 1987 due to financial difficulties.

Austria



Gerngross

Kastner & Öhler - Group of 10 stores.

Woolworth - Group of 12 Stores.

Belgium



Cortefiel

Hema

Galeria Inno - Formerly "Innovation" - part of german Kaufhof Group.

Brazil


'Currently trading:'

Casa & Video

Casas Bahia

Lojas Renner - Controlled by JCPenney.

Lojas Riachuelo

Lojas Americanas
'Defunct:'

Mappin

Mesbla

Sears

Canada


'Currently trading:'

GolfTown - golf specialty retailer, largest golf retail chain

Army & Navy Stores

The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).

Canadian Tire Corporation - 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, electonics, furniture, clothing, car repair.

Dollarama / Rossy - Dollar store in eastern Canada.

Fields - Discount chain in British Columbia and Alberta (owned by Hudson's Bay Company).

Giant Tiger / Tigre Géant - Discount stores.

Hart Stores - Eastern Canada discount chain.

Holt Renfrew - Upscale chain.

Home Depot - USA, hardware, renovations, garden, construction, patio.

Home Outfitters - Home, kitchen, bath specialty retailer, division of Hudson's Bay Company.

Hudson's Bay Company


The Bay - Department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.

La Maison Simons - Quebec city based fashion clothing chain.

LALIBERTÉ - On St-Joseph Street in Quebec City.

Les Ailes de la Mode - Quebec-based clothing retailer.

London Drugs - Pharmacy, automotive, electronics, clothing, food, book store, health store in Western Canada.

The North West Company - Retail, primarily northern and smaller towns.

Ogilvy (Montreal) - Also known as La Maison Ogilvy, upscale fashion retailer.

Piper's - St. John's, Nfld. discount variety store chain.

Real Canadian Superstore - Food, hardware, office supplies, clothing, furniture, electronics, division of Loblaws Inc. (joint venture: Presidents Choice Financial with CIBC Bank) also owns PC brand of cell phones, foods, various consumer goods.

Riff's - Newfoundland department store chain.

Rona - Hardware, renovations, garden, construction, patio, corporate and franchised stores.

S&R Department Store - Discount store.

SAAN - Discount stores.

Sears Canada - Formerly Simpsons-Sears.

Stedmans V&S - Discount stores.

Wal-Mart Canada - US-based international discount store.

Winners - Department store.

XS Cargo - Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items.

Zellers - Discount department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.

Dollar Giant - Canada's largest dollar store chain, founded in 2001, head office in Vancouver BC
'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).

Bowring - St. John's, Nfld. department store. Also national home decor store chain.

Brettons - 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.

Freimans - Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by The Bay in 1972.

Fortin - In downtown Trois-Rivières, Quebec; bought by Dupuis Frères.

Greenberg - Merged with SAAN.

Horizon - Discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967-1978.

Kmart Canada - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge - sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997.

S.S. Kresge - Smaller, downtown locations.

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.

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 - Closed Canadian stores in 1999.

Metropolitan Stores Ltd. - Sister chain of SAAN, stores later converted to the SAAN name.

Miracle Mart - Discount department store operated by Steinberg's, defunct 1996. Some stores 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.

La Compagnie Paquet - 6 stores in Quebec City area. Closed June 1981. Some stores acquired by The Bay.

Peoples - (1914-1995) discount store closed in the same time as its parent company Wise Stores.

Plazamart - On St-Hubert Street in Montreal.

Pryce Jones - Calgary branch of United Kingdom mail-order company, opreated 1911 to 1916.

Pollack - In Quebec City area and Trois-Rivières - bankrupted in 1978.

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).

Sayvette - Discount department store, defunct 1970s.

Sentry - Ontario chain of retail department stores. Chain closed in mid-1980's.

Shop-Rite - Catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company in 1970s-1992.

Simpson's - Acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company.

Simpsons-Sears Limited - Renamed Sears Canada Inc.

Spencer's - Western Canada, bought by Eaton's.

Le Syndicat de Québec - Acquired by La Compagnie Paquet in 1974.

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.

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 1992, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).

Young Canada - Toys and children's clothes; around since at least the early 1960s.

Czech Republic



Kotva

Marks & Spencer

Chile


'Currently trading:'

Almacenes Paris - Belongs to the Cencosud Group.

Falabella - The oldest department store in Chile.

Johnson's

Jumbo - Discount department store, belong to the Cencosud Group.

Líder - Discount department store, belong to the D&S Company.

La Polar

Ripley
'Defunct:'

Muricy's - 1 store in Las Condes area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1991.

J.C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1999.

Sears - Closed because of an economical recession in 1988.

Colombia



Caravana

Carrousel

EXITO - Medellin-based department store.

Falabella - Chilean company. Opened first store in Colombia end 2006.

Flamingo

Ley

Tia

Cyprus



Debenhams

Marks & Spencer

Denmark


'Currently trading:'

Illum

Magasin du Nord

Salling
'Defunct:'

Anva

Daell's

Debenhams

Finland


'Currently trading:'

Aleksi13

Anttila

Halonen

Sokos

Stockmann
'Defunct:'

Pukeva

France



Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville

Le Bon Marché

Galeries Lafayette

Le Printemps

La Samaritaine

Mitsukoshi

Takashimaya

Germany


'Currently trading:'

Ahrens - A department store in Marburg.

Alsterhaus - A department store in Hamburg, belonging to the Karstadt group.

C&A - Not a department store, sells only clothes.

Carsch Haus - A department store in Dusseldorf 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.[1]

Kaufhaus Schocken - Merged with Horten and later Kaufhof.

Kaufring

Marks & Spencer

Hong Kong


'Currently trading:'

APiTA

Citistore

c!ty'super

CRC Department Store

Dragon Seed

Harvey Nichols

JUSCO - Part of AEON Group.

Lane Crawford

Marks & Spencer

Mitsukoshi

New World

Seibu Department Stores

Seiyu

Sincere

Sogo

Wing On
'Defunct:'

Daimaru

Matsuzakaya

Yaohan

Hungary



Debenhams

Marks & Spencer

Skala

India



Akbarally's

Big Bazaar

Central

Fabmall

Family Mart

Foodworld

Home Stop

Hyper Mart

Lifestyle International

Marks & Spencer

Pantaloon

Shopper's Stop

Spencers

Subhiksha

Vishal Mega Mart

Westside

Indonesia



Centro Lifestyle Department Stores

Debenhams - Operated by PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk together with Sogo.

Galeri Keris

Galeria (Matahari Group)

Matahari

Metro

Pasaraya

Ramayana

Sogo

Ireland


'Currently trading:'

Arnotts

Brown Thomas

Clerys

Debenhams

Dunnes Stores

Harvey Nichols

House of Fraser

Marks and Spencer
'Defunct:'

Roches Stores - Acquired by Debenhams.

Israel



Hamashbir Latsarchan

Italy



Coin

Mitsukoshi

la Rinascente

Japan


'Currently trading:'

Apita - Part of UNY.

Daiei

Daikuma

Daimaru

Daiwa

Fukuya

Hankyu Department Store

Hanshin Department Store

Isetan

Ito Yokado

Iwataya

Izutsuya

JUSCO - Part of ÆON.

Keihan Department Store

Keikyu Department Store

Keio Department Store

Kintetsu Department Store

Maruei

Marui

Marui Imai

Matsuya

Matsuzakaya

Meitetsu Department Store

Mitsukoshi

Odakyu Department Store

Parco

Printemps Ginza

Saty - Part of Mycal.

Seibu Department Store

Seiyu

Sogo

Takashimaya

Tobu Department Store

Tokyu Department Store

UNY

Wako Department Store
'Defunct:'

Shirokiya

Luxembourg



Monopol

Malaysia


'Currently trading:'

Debenhams

Isetan

Jusco

Marks & Spencer - Branches in 1 Utama and Suria KLCC.

Metrojaya

Parkson

Robinsons - Opening new outlet in The Garden Mid Valley.

Sogo

The Store - Lower and middle-class department store, found mostly in small towns and suburbs.

Tangs - Store in Starhill Center, KL, closed down in 2004. Re-entry into Malaysia is expected in December 2007.
'Defunct:'

Yaohan - Branches taken over by Parkson.

Mexico



Bodega

El Palacio de Hierro

Grupo Sanborns - Technically a pharmacy. Formerly a division of Walgreens.

Liverpool

MEGA

Sears Roebuck de México - A division of Grupo Sanborns.

Soriana

Waldo's Mart

Walmart

Woolworth Mexicana

Netherlands



Bijenkorf - Part of Maxeda.

Hema - Part of Maxeda.

Metz & Co

Vroom & Dreesmann - Part of Maxeda.

New Zealand


'Currently trading:'

Arthur Barnett

Ballantynes

Farmers

Kirkcaldies and Stains

Kmart

Smith and Caugheys

H & J Smith

The Warehouse
'Defunct:'

George Courts

John Courts

D.I.C.

Deka

Panama



Alli's

Collin's

Conway

Dante

Do it Center

Dorian's

El Machetazo

El Titan

Felix B. Maduro

La Onda

Poll Mart

Sacks

Saray

Steven's

Via Vai

Pakistan



7th Avenue (Islamabad)

Aghaas (Karachi)

HKB (Lahore)

Imtiaz1 (Karachi)

Imtiaz2 (Karachi)

Naheed (Karachi)

The Phase (Lahore)

Pot Purri (Lahore)

Shahid Iqbal (Karachi)

Peru


'Currently trading:'

Ripley

Saga Falabella
'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.

Philippines



CSI (Dagupan City, La Union, Baguio City, Lingayen and Candon City)

Crossings (Mandaluyong City and Quezon City)

Ever Gotesco (Metro Manila)

Fair Mart (Cubao, Cebu City and Manila)

Gaisano

Isetann (Cubao and Manila)

Landmark (Makati City and Quezon City)

Makro

Manels

Mart One

PhilRegalo (Manila, Quezon City, Cebu City and Rizal)

Plaza Fair (Cubao, Baguio City, Cebu City, Manila, Angono and Cagayan de Oro City)

Robinsons

Rustans (Makati City, Alabang, Cubao, Mandaluyong City, Cebu City and Manila)

SM

Shopwise (Libis, Makati City, Alabang, Sucat, Cubao and Antipolo)

Tiongsan (Baguio City and La Trinidad)

Uniwide

Poland



Bracia Jabłkowscy

Galeria Centrum

Marks & Spencer

Portugal


'Currently trading:'

Cortefiel

El Corte Inglés (Lisbon)

Marques Soares (Oporto)
'Defunct:'

Grandella (Lisbon)

Grandes Armazens do Chiado (Lisbon and branches)

Puerto Rico


'Currently trading:'

123

Capri

Kmart

Macy's

JC Penney

Pitusa

La Reina

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Topeka

Wal-Mart
'Defunct:'

Almacenes Velasco

Bargain Town

Gonzalez Padin

Romania



Debenhams

Marks & Spencer

Russia



Gostiny Dvor - Established 1785

Marks & Spencer

The Passage - Established 1848

Petrovka Passage - Established 1906

State Universal Store - Established 1893

Stockmann

Saudi Arabia



Bin Dawood

Debenhams

Harvey Nichols (Riyadh)

Saks Fifth Avenue

Singapore


'Currently trading:'

BHG - Formally known as Seiyu.

Daiso

Isetan

Metro

Mustafa

OG

Robinson & Co.


John Little


Marks & Spencer - Franchise.


Robinsons

Takashimaya

Tangs
'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.

Slovakia



Marks & Spencer

South Korea



Aekyung

Daegu

Donga

Galleria

GS Square

Himang

Hyundai Department Store Group

Lotte

Samsung Plaza

Shinsegae

Spain


'Currently trading:'

Cortefiel

El Corte Inglés

Galerías Primero

Galerías Aitana (Calpe)
'Defunct:'

Galerías Preciados - Closed 1995.

Marks & Spencer - Closed 1996

Sears - Taken over by Galerías Preciados in 1983

Almacenes Arias - Closed 1997

Sepu - Closed its remainig two branches in 2002

Almacenes Simeón - Closed in 1987

Sweden


'Currently trading:'

Åhléns (Stockholm)

Nordiska Kompaniet (Stockholm and Gothenburg)

PUB (Stockholm)
'Defunct:'

Debenhams - Closed 2007.

Switzerland



Globus (Zürich)

Jelmoli (Zürich)

Loeb (Bern and branches)

Marks & Spencer

Manor (Basel and branches)

Thailand


'Currently trading:'

@ease

Banglamphu

BigC (Samrong and Lat Phrao)

Central Retail Corporation - Group includes


Central


Marks & Spencer - Franchise stores.


Robinson


Zen (Central World Plaza and Ratchaprasong)

Diana (Hat Yai)

The Erawan Group - Group includes


Amarin Plaza (Ratchaprasong)


Erawan Bangkok (Ratchaprasong)


Ploenchit Center (Sukhumvit)

Fairy Plaza (Khon Kaen)

Fairyland (Nakhon Sawan)

Fashion Outlet

Gaysorn Plaza (Ratchaprasong)

Isetan (Central World Plaza and Ratchaprasong)

Jusco

Klang Plaza (Nakhon Ratchasima)

The Mall Group - Group includes


Emporium (Sukhumvit)


The Mall


The Paragon (Pathum Wan)

Ocean (Phuket)

Pantip Plaza (Pratu Nam)

Pata (Bangkok)

Peninsula Plaza (Ratchaprasong)

Seree (Lampang)

Siam Piwat - Group includes


Siam Center (Pathum Wan)


Siam Discovery (Pathum Wan)

Suksapanpanit (Bangkok)

Tang Hua Seng (Thonburi)

Tokyu (MBK Center, Pathum Wan)
'Defunct:'

Daimaru - 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.

Turkey



Beymen

Boyner

Cetinkaya

Marks & Spencer

Vakko

Vakkorama

YKM (Yeni Karamursel)

United Kingdom


Main articles: List of department stores of the United Kingdom

United States of America


Main articles: List of department stores of the United States


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