List of department stores by country

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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

Tunisia

Morocco

  • Galeries Lafayette

Ghana

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

North America

Canada

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Adilman's Department Store – Saskatoon, SK (1921–1974)
  • Ayre and Sons – Newfoundland-based department store chain. Once operated as many as 80 stores coast-to-coast (1859–1991)
  • Biway – Discount store based in Ontario, defunct 2001
  • Big Lots Canada – Overstock/closeout merchandise
  • 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
  • Eaton's – Went bankrupt in 1999, and acquired by Sears Canada. Defunct in 2002. As with the closure of Woodward's a decade earlier (see below), the vacancies left by Eaton's stores sparked a number of major shopping mall renovations and reconfigurations across the country
  • Freimans – Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by the Bay in 1972
  • 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. Many of these stores closed outright; the few that remained were converted to HBC's Zellers banner
  • LW Stores – Furniture, hardware, home, grocery, health & beauty, clothing liquidation retailer
  • Laroque's Department Store – 169-177 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Originally constructed in 1923 to cater to the Francophone community of Lowertown. William Noffke made additions to the space in 1930. - Closed circa 1970–1971 – Now The Mercury Court Building, housing offices of Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. and shops. Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. renovated and expanded the space from 1989 to 1993. Features include a Mercury weathervane by the American sculptor, W. H. Mullen, which was rescued from the Sun Life Building, demolished in 1949. The building was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.[1]
  • Marks & Spencer – British retailer's Canadian stores first opened 1973 and closed 1999
  • 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 the 1980s, defunct 1990s
  • Paquet - Quebec City department store. Founded in 1866, closed during 1980's. Canadian Museum of History
  • Peoples – (1914–1995) discount store closed at the same time as its parent company Wise Stores. Not to be confused with the Canadian jewelry store chain
  • Prange & Prangeway – H. C. Prange Co. Opened in 1911. The chain was reported to have gone bankrupt in the autumn of 1995
  • Pollack - Quebec City department store - two stores in Quebec City and one in Montreal. Operated from 1915 to 1980's
  • S&R Department Store – Discount store in Kingston (1959–2009)[2] and Belleville.
  • SAAN Stores – Discount stores (1947–2008). Most of chain's locations and SAAN name bought on asset basis by The Bargain! Shop
  • Sam's Club – opened 2005 and expanded to 6 locations; closed 2009
  • Sayvette – Discount department store, defunct 1970s
  • Sentry – Ontario chain of retail department stores, various locations from Sarnia to Kingston, co-founded 1961[3] by Samuel Joseph Lipson (August 15, 1911 – November 12, 2006).[4] A discount department store with the slogan "Sentry – Guards your dollar",[5] this small regional chain closed in the early 1980s.[6]
  • 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
  • Syndicat de Quebec - Quebec City department store. Founded in 1867. Closed during 1980's. www.ameriquefrancaise.org
  • S.S. Kresge – Smaller, downtown locations
  • Target – Newfoundland discount variety store chain (1981–1995) – never related to American company
  • Target Canada – Part of U.S. giant Target Corporation (2013–2015)
  • Towers Department Stores/BoniMart – Sold to Zellers in 1990
  • Wise Stores – Similar to Hart Stores
  • Woodward's – Western Canada, defunct 1993. most stores converted to Zellers and The Bay. Its closure sparked a wave of major renovations and reconfigurations in malls across Canada between 1993 and the early 2000s
  • Woolco – Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, acquired by Wal-Mart in 1994
  • Woolworth's – Closed Canadian stores in 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet). Others that did not close outright were reconfigured and rebranded as The Bargain! Shop
  • XS Cargo – Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items
  • Yaohan – single location in Vancouver in the late 1990s
  • Zellers – Two stores of the retail chain remain in Ontario as of 2015. Target Canada bought many locations in 2011 and converted them into Target stores. Other locations were closed outright, with some being taken over by Walmart

El Salvador

  • Carrion – A department store chain in El Salvador
  • Sears
  • Sanborns – An exclusive department store chain
  • Siman-a department store chain in Central America with stores in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Costa Rica

Mexico

Puerto Rico

Currently trading:

Future department Store in P.R:

United States

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

South America

Argentina

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Bolivia

Brazil

Currently trading:

Chile

Currently trading:

  • Almacenes París – Belongs to the Cencosud Group.
  • Falabella – The oldest department store in Chile, also is the biggest retailer in Chile.
  • Jumbo – Supermarket chain, belongs to the Cencosud Group.
  • La Polar
  • Líder – Supermarket chain, belongs to the D&S Company, a Walmart joint venture.
  • Ripley

Defunct:

Colombia

Éxito, Home Center, Carefour,

  • Alkosto – 9 stores countrywide, with 4 stores in Bogota, 1 each in Cali, Narino, Pereira, Villavicencio, and Yopal [8]
  • Makro

Defunct:

Ecuador

  • Almacenes De Prati – De Prati is a department store and retail business dedicated to offering products such as clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and home.

Peru

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Saga – Sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995.

Coming soon:

Supermarkets and discount stores

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Aarong
  • Meena Bazaar ([1])
  • Agora
  • Swapno
  • Smak Fashion
  • kacha Bazar
  • Kawran Bazar
  • Ittadi Grocery
  • Mannan

Brunei

China

Defunct:

  • Seiyu – sold to Beijing Hualian Group
  • Yaohan
  • Wing On – After civil war in 1949, the store's business moved outside China to Hong Kong, its properties and asset in China were nationalized under Communist system.

Hong Kong

Currently trading:

Defunct:

India

Foreign Retail Brand

Coming Up

Indonesia

Currently Trading

  • Local
    • Lima Cahaya – Banjarmasin (2 stores)
    • Surya – Papua
    • Suzuya – Medan, Pematang Siantar, Rantau Prapat, Padang, Pekanbaru, Kampung Baru, Binjai
    • Citrus – Bogor, Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta (4 stores)

Iran

Israel

Defunct:

Japan

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Main article: Department stores in Japan

Macau

Defunct:

Malaysia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Pakistan

Philippines

  • Adora
  • CSI
  • Centro
  • Crossings
  • Debenhams
  • Ever Gotesco
  • E-Mall
  • Fair Mart/Plaza Fair
  • Fit Mart
  • Gaisano
  • Isetann
  • Landmark
  • Marks & Spencer
  • KCC
  • LCC
  • Lopue's
  • Lee Plaza
  • Magic
  • Manels
  • Mart One
  • NCCC
  • PhilRegalo
  • Robertson
  • Robinsons
  • Rustans/Store Specialists,Inc.
  • Sta.Lucia East
  • SM
  • Tiongsan
  • White Gold
  • 7 11

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.

South Korea

Defunct:

Sri Lanka

Currently trading

Taiwan

Currently trading:

Thailand

Currently trading:

Defunct:

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

Lebanon

Europe

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Czech Republic

Cyprus

Denmark

Currently trading:

Bruns Galleri Fields

Defunct:

Estonia

Finland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Pukeva

France

Defunct:

Germany

Currently trading:

  • Breuninger – 10 luxury department stores with head office in Stuttgart.
  • Galeries Lafayette Berlin – Berlin branch of the French department store.
  • Hema – Dutch group operating 6 department stores in Germany.
  • KaDeWe – Located in Berlin, part of The KaDeWe Group.
  • Alsterhaus – Located in Hamburg, part of The KaDeWe Group.
  • Oberpollinger – Located in Munich, part of The KaDeWe Group.
  • Karstadt – A German department store located throughout Germany.
  • Galeria Kaufhof – Subsidiary of HBC and the leading German department store group.
  • Müller – Not really a department store, more a large chemists that sells several additional goods such as housewares, multi-media, toys.
  • Woolworth – German branch of the Woolworth group, independent from the international Woolworth group, now German owned by the Tengelmann Group.
  • Ludwig Beck - Luxury department store, located in Munich
  • Apropos - Luxury department store / concept store, located in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Hamburg


Defunct:

Greece

Currently trading:

  • Fokas Department Stores – The leading group of Department Stores in Greece
  • Hondos Center – mainly cosmetics
  • Attica Department Stores
  • Golden Hall
  • Mall of Athens
  • Notos Galleries

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Italy


Defunct:

Latvia

Lithuania

  • Gedimino 9
  • Europa
  • CUP
  • Akropolis
  • Ozas
  • Panorama

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Currently Trading:

Defunct:

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Currently trading:

Defunct:

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

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Almacenes Madrid-París
  • Almacenes Botas (Oviedo and Gijón)
  • Almacenes Al Pelayo (Oviedo)
  • Sears – Taken over by Galerías Preciados in 1983.
  • Galerías Preciados – Taken over by El Corte Inglés in 1996.
  • Almacenes Arias – Closed in 1997.
  • Almacenes Simeón – Closed in 1987.
  • Marks & Spencer – Closed in 1996.
  • SEPU – The Australian owners closed the remaining four branches in 2002.

Sweden

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Switzerland

  • Coop Cityg
  • Globus - Zürich, Bern, Luzern, Sursee, Walisellen, Locarno, Dietlikon, Marin, Basel, Chur, St. Gallen, Lausanne and Genève
  • Jelmoli - One flagship store located in Zürich
  • Loeb (Swiss department store) (Bern and branches), Biel, Thun and Schönbühl
  • Manor (Basel and branches), used to operate under different brands like Nordmann, Vilan, Rheinbrücke, Placette and Innovazione
  • Migros, the largest supermarket chain, but acting as a department store in different shopping centers

Defunct:

  • ABM (Au Bon Marché) – discount chain, was a part of the Globus group, closed 2001. Some shops were converted to C&A stores
  • EPA (Einheitspreis AG) – discount chain, closed 2005, most stores converted to Coop City or closed down

United Kingdom

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Main article: List of department stores of the United Kingdom

Turkey

Oceania

Australia

Discount Department Stores:

Defunct:

  • Aherns
  • Grace Bros. Now Myer
  • Georges store
  • Daimaru
  • Figgins Diorama
  • Buckley & Nunn
  • Waltons
  • Fosseys
  • Ball & Welch (Melbourne)
  • Foy & Gibson (Melbourne)
  • Gowings
  • Hick Atkinson (Melbourne)
  • John Martins
  • McWhirters
  • The Mutual Store (Melbourne)
  • Treadways
  • McDonnell & East
  • Mantons
  • Mark Foys
  • Charles Moore (Perth)
  • Anthony Hordern
  • Snows
  • Farmers
  • Venture
  • Boans (Perth)
  • Cox Bros Economic (Perth)

New Zealand

Currently trading:

Discount Department Stores:

Defunct:

See also

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.almacenesbrissa.com.co/
  8. ↑ http://www.alkosto.com/nuestras-tiendas
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