... established in 1670, is Canada's largest department store retailer and oldest corporation. The Company provides Canadians with the widest selection of goods and services available through numerous retail channels including more than 500 stores led by the Bay and Zellers chains. Hudson's Bay Company is Canada's fifth largest employer with 70,000 associates and has operations in every province in Canada. Hudson's Bay Company is a seamless retail organization built to best serve the shopping needs of the majority of Canadian consumers through several highly focused retail formats, linked by customer bridges, enabled by common and integrated support services. There are four core businesses within this corportation: the Bay, Zellers, Hbc Direct, and Home Outfitters. Measurement Descriptions Please refer to Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 for Financial Data tables for both companies covering a five-year period from 1997 to 2001. Five years were used to be able to graph out trends which can be ...

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