Eaton's

Eaton's was once Canada's largest department store retailer. Founded in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant, in 1869, Eaton's first advertisement read "We propose to sell our goods for CASH ONLY – In selling goods, to have only one price." In an era where haggling for goods was commonplace, this was a revolutionary business practice.

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The T. Eaton Co. Limited grew to become a retail and social institution in Canada, with stores across the country, buying offices across the globe, and a catalogue that found itself in the homes of most Canadians. Eaton's was well known for its customer service, as expressed in its long-standing slogan "Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded." For several generations, the members of the Eaton Family were Canada?s merchant princes. A rapidly changing economic and retail environment in the late 20th century proved difficult for Eaton?s, however, and the chain went bankrupt in 1999.

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Toronto: Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario. Toronto's population is 2,518,772 (Statistics Canada, 2004); that of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is 5,203,686 (Statistics Canada, 2004). Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians (in French: torontois). The city is part of...

Eaton's related Images and Photos (experimental)

Eaton Ferns III	Shirley Eaton	Stormy Weather Clearing Seaton Cliffs South Devon	Trees on a Riverbank Eaton Norwich 1847
A View of the Park of Seaton Scotland 1840	Glorifying the American Girl Mary Eaton on Window Card 1929