In 1950, there were two major Canadian department store chains, catalog sales companies - Eaton's and Simpson. Eaton has been a pioneer in mail order, distribution of its first store in the fall of 1884. Simpson was a Toronto-based department store that had been in business since 1872 and mail order since 1905, but was a distant second in sales of Eaton's catalog. Simpson was contacted in 1951 by order of the United States mail giant Sears, Roebuck & Co., catalog sales by 1888 and then expanded to stores in the U.S. since 1920.tassel boots An agreement was reached in autumn 1952 between Simpson and Sears, who had control over the mail order Sears Roebuck and the two companies to enter into a joint venture to build stores in the name of 'The Simpsons-Sears'. The only rule is that twenty years, no new stores will be built within 25 miles of the existing shops Simpson in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, London and Queen. Simpsons-Sears van, 1962 In spring 1953 the first Simpsons-Sears catalog mail order has been delivered to your home anywhere in Canada. The following year opened the first full-service department store Simpsons Sears its doors in Burnaby BC Over the next 20 years, Simpson Sears was known places, mainly because the shops are still under construction in many shopping centers across Canada. ugg jimmy choo bootsIn 1973, twenty-year agreement for the Simpson-Sears is not located close to shops Simpson expired. To avoid confusion, the new stores built in areas close to existing shops Simpson, called the "Sears'. Simpsons-Sears Christmas Catalog 1957 In 1978, the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) acquired their shares in Simpson and Simpsons-Sears. Requires competition Federal HBC to sell its interest in Simpsons-Sears. Renamed to "Sears Canada" chain of department stores has now been officially owned by the U.S. and soon began to operate as a division of Canada's U.S. parent company (Canadian suppliers have been abandoned in favor of the United States, and the direction were headed by leaders the United States.ugg sparkle boots) Hudson Bay Company gradually converted to shops all shops HBC Simpson in 1991, ending the name Simpson in the history of Canada Retail. In 1999, Sears Canada bought bankruptcy of Eaton and re-launched seven renamed "Eaton 'stores in November 2000 as a luxury department store, but the operation was high-end stores in the next box-market imports cheap Chinese and joint venture was terminated in 2002 .