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List of department stores by country

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.

America, North

Currently trading:

Army & Navy Stores
The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).
Canadian Tire - 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.
Dollar Giant - Canada's largest dollar store chain, founded in 2001, head office in Vancouver BC
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 - High-end department stores
The Bay - Department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
LALIBERTÉ - On St-Joseph Street in Quebec City.
La Maison Simons - Quebec, Montreal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Laval
Liquidation World - Furniture, hardware, home, grocery, health & beauty, clothing liquidation retailer with outlets across Canada.
The North West Company - Retail, primarily northern and smaller towns.
Piper's - St. John's, Nfld. discount variety store chain.
Riff's - Newfoundland department store chain.
S&R Department Store - Discount store.
Sears Canada - Formerly Simpsons-Sears.
Superstore-Ontario chain (Owned by Loblaws)
Stedmans V&S - Discount stores.
Taylor's - Quebec department store chain.
Wal-Mart Canada - US-based international discount store.
Winners - Part of U.S giant TJX Companies
XS Cargo - Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items.
Zellers - Discount department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.

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 Brothers - St. John's, Nfld. department store. Also national home decor store chain.
Bretton's - 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.
Fortin - In downtown Trois-Rivières, Quebec; bought by Dupuis Frères.
Freimans - Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by The Bay in 1972.
Greenberg - Merged with SAAN.
Horizon - Discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967-1978.
Holman's - Chain of stores in Prince Edward Island. Closed in early 1990s.
Kmart Canada - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge - sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997.
La Compagnie Paquet - 6 stores in Quebec City area. Closed June 1981. Some stores acquired by The Bay.
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.
Le Syndicat de Québec - Acquired by La Compagnie Paquet in 1974.
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 Canadian stores closed 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 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 1980s, defunct 1990s.
Peoples - (1914-1995) discount store closed at the same time as its parent company Wise Stores.
Plazamart - On St-Hubert Street in Montreal.
Pollack - In Quebec City area and Trois-Rivières - bankrupted in 1978.
Pryce Jones - Calgary branch of United Kingdom mail-order company, operated 1911 to 1916.
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).
SAAN - Discount stores (1947-2008).
Sayvette - Discount department store, defunct 1970s.
Sentry - Ontario chain of retail department stores. Chain closed in mid-1980s.
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.
Spencer's - Western Canada, bought by Eaton's.
S.S. Kresge - Smaller, downtown locations.
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 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).

Saks Fifth Avenue
El Palacio de Hierro
Dorian's
C&A
Zara
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
Costco Mexico

Currently trading:

Defunct:

America, South

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Currently trading:

Almacenes París - Belongs to the Cencosud Group.
Falabella - The oldest department store in Chile.
Johnson's
Jumbo - Supermarket chain, belongs to the Cencosud Group.
La Polar
Líder - Supermarket chain, belongs to the D&S Company.
Ripley
Corona - 27 Stores in 23 different cities of Chile and 1 Outlet Center in Santiago

Defunct:

J.C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1999.
Muricy's - 1 store in Las Condes area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1991.
Sears - Closed because of an economical recession in 1988.
Los Gobellinos - Closed because of an economical recession.

Caravana
Carrefour - French based supermarket and department store
EXITO - Medellin-based department store.
Falabella - Chilean company. Opened first store in Colombia end 2006.
Flamingo
Ley
Tia
Homecenter
Alkosto
Makro
Olímpica
Zara - Spanish department store

Defunct:

Sears

Currently trading:

Coming soon:

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.

Asia

Hong Kong

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Hamashbir Latsarchan

Currently trading:

Debenhams
Isetan
Jusco
Marks & Spencer - Branches in 1 Utama and Suria KLCC.
Metrojaya
Milimewa
Parkson
Pacific
Robinsons - Opening new outlet in The Garden Mid Valley.
Sogo
The Store
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.

7th Avenue (Islamabad)
Aghaas (Karachi)
Al-Fatah, Liberty Market (Lahore)
Chanda Store, Gulberg Main Market (Lahore)
HKB (Lahore)
Imtiaz1 (Karachi)
Imtiaz2 (Karachi)
Naheed (Karachi)
Pace (Lahore)
Pot Purri (Lahore)
Shahid Iqbal (Karachi)

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)
L Timestudio
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

Currently trading:

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.

Aekyung, 2 branches in Seoul Metropolitan Area
Daegu, 2 branches in Daegu
Donga, 4 branches in Daegu, 1 branch in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do
Galleria, 8 branches throughout South Korea
Kyungbang Phill, temporariliy closed, and will be run by Shinsegae
GS Square, 3 branches near Seoul
Grand Department Store, 2 branches in Gyeonggi-do
Himang, 1 branch in Incheon
Hyundai Department Store Group, 11 branches throughout the country
I Park Department Store, 1 branch in Youngsan, Seoul
Lotte, 28 branches throughout the country, including Young Plazas and Avenuel, 1 overseas branch in Moscow, Russia
NC Department Store, 2 branches
Samsung Plaza, an affiliate of Aekyung
Shinsegae, 7 branches throughout the country

Currently trading:

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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

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

Siam Center (Pathum Wan)
Siam Discovery (Pathum Wan)

Defunct:

Daimaru - Branches now closed in Thailand.
Galleries lafayette - 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.

Europe

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Currently trading:

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Pukeva

Currently trading:

Ahrens - A department store in Marburg.
Alsterhaus - A department store in Hamburg, belonging to the Karstadt group.
Breuninger - 10 luxury department stores with head office in Stuttgart.
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.
Kaufhaus Schocken - Merged with Horten and later Kaufhof.
Kaufring
Marks & Spencer