Expedia is a Seattle-based online travel agency and metasearch engine owned and run by Expedia Group. Since its portals are primarily traveling fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, the American company assists passengers and small business travelers. Some of its websites include Expedia.com, Trivago, and Hotels.com. History of Expedia Microsoft actually founded Expedia as a … Read more
The Gap is one of the world’s known American worldwide clothing and accessories retailers. Behind Inditex and H&M, Gap is the third largest international retailer in the world and the top one in the US. The company’s headquarters is located in San Francisco, California, and the current CEO as of writing is Sonia Syngal. History … Read more
The local Canadian version of the American eCommerce company is Wayfair.ca. Wayfair offers home goods and furniture with local warehouses in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and Canada. The company’s headquarters in the US is based in Boston, Massachusetts. History of Wayfair High School students at the time, Wayfair founders Niraj Shah and Steve … Read more
Currently, the largest Canadian retailer of sporting goods is Sport Chek with 191 stores and counting. The retail stores have a minimum of 20,000 square feet, being one of the largest groups of retail spaces in Canada. Shoppers appreciate Sport Chek’s wide selection of merchandise with better prices. FGL Sports own other sporting retailer brands … Read more
Canada Post is the primary postal operator in Canada, with its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The Canada Post Group is operated as a group of companies under the Canada Post. The organization offers courier express services, freight forwarding services, and logistical services. Purolator Inc., a Canadian courier, is a subsidiary of Canada Post with 91% … Read more
Founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, eBay is now a successful American eCommerce platform that has a presence in different countries such as Canada. The ’90s was considered the beginning of the internet, and one of the few companies that were able to find success in the ‘Tech Bubble.’ The company serves business-to-consumer as well … Read more
Costco is a popular multinational wholesale membership-only retail store, headquartered in Washington. As of writing, Costco is the world’s fifth-largest retailer and once became the world’s largest retailer of grocery-bought rotisserie chicken. The famous retailer ranked on the tenth spot on Fortune 500’s list of the largest American corporations by total revenue. History of Costco … Read more
Best Buy is one of the known consumer electronics retailers from America. As of writing, the company is operating in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It also operated in China but merged with Five Star in 2011. The company’s Canadian subsidiary is considered to be the largest consumer electronics retailer in the country with … Read more
Walmart is one of the popular American multinational chains of hypermarkets, as well as department stores, and grocery stores. As of writing, it is the world’s largest company by revenue (based on Fortune Global 500 in 2020) and the world’s largest private employer with more than 2.2 million employees. It is a family-owned business controlled … Read more
Headquartered in Toronto, Canadian Tire (also known as Canadian Tire Corporation Limited) is a retail company that focuses on automotive supplies and accessories. It also sells hardware items, sports-related products, leisure, and houseware sections. The company is also familiar with its ‘Canadian Tire Money’ that works as the brand’s loyalty program using paper coupons that … Read more
Kijiji is an online classified listing that also includes their car classifieds section, Kijiji Autos. Kijiji is actually from the Swahili language which means village. The term is appropriate for the site as the website listing separates the ads from different cities. First-time visitors will be asked to choose their location to see posts that … Read more