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  2. F. W. Woolworth Company - Wikipedia

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    The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.

  3. Canadian fashion - Wikipedia

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    Canadian fashion. Canadian fashion refers to the styles, trends, design, and production of clothing, footwear, accessories, and other expressions of fashion in Canada and the polities it is descended from . Since time immemorial, the Indigenous cultures of Canada designed clothing and accessories for practical application in contention with the ...

  4. Matchbook - Wikipedia

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    Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.

  5. Matchgirls' strike - Wikipedia

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    Matchgirls' strike. In July 1888, the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant & May match factory in Bow, London, England went on strike. At first, the strikers were protesting the dismissal of a worker after employees had refused a demand from Bryant & May management to repudiate an article on terrible working conditions at the factory.

  6. List of Canadian clothing store chains - Wikipedia

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    Boutique La Vie en Rose. Browns. Boathouse Clothing. Canada Goose. Club Monaco (founded in Canada, based in the US) Cleo. Designer Depot. Destination XL Group. Dynamite Clothing.

  7. Nygård International - Wikipedia

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    Nygård International was a Canadian clothing brand, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was founded and named after Peter Nygård. It was the largest producer of women's apparel in Canada. [2] The company produced clothing under brand names such as Nygård Fashions, Nygard Slims, Bianca Nygard, ADX, TanJay, Alia, and Allison Daley .

  8. Category:Clothing retailers of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Online clothing retailers of Canada‎ (6 P) S. Shoe companies of Canada‎ (1 C, 13 P) ... Hudson's Bay Company; J. J B Lefebvre; Jacob (clothing retailer) Joe Fresh; L.

  9. Inside the Coach archives: See the historic handbags that ...

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    Founded in 1941, the company now known as Coach started out as a family-run leather-goods business. Two decades later, the company brought in its first lead designer, Bonnie Cashin, and began the ...