Grand & Toy

Grand & Toy

Infobox_Company
company_name = Grand & Toy
company_
company_type = Subsidiary
company_slogan = Performance Enhancing Offices
foundation = Toronto, Ontario 1882
location = Toronto, Ontario
num_employees = 2700 [cite web|url=http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/search/navigate.do?language=eng&portal=1&subPortal=&estblmntNo=123456000332&profile=completeProfile|title=Industry Canada: Grand & Toy Ltd. - Complete Profile|accessdate=2006-07-05]
products = Paper, Office Supplies, Computer Supplies
revenue =
homepage = http://www.grandandtoy.com|www.grandandtoy.com
parent = OfficeMax

Grand & Toy is a Canadian office supplies chain, founded in 1882 by James Grand as a home-based stationery printing business. A year later, Grand partnered with his brother-in-law, Samuel Toy, to open their first retail store in Toronto. [cite web|url=http://www.grandtoy.com/?pg=corporate_company_history|title=Grand & Toy: Corporate History|accessdate=2006-07-05]

In 1996 Grand & Toy was purchased by Boise Office Solutions, since renamed OfficeMax Inc., a US based international office supplies distributor, for $104 million USD. [cite web|url=http://investor.officemax.com/EdgarDetail.cfm?CompanyID=OMX&CIK=12978&FID=12978-96-7&SID=96-00|title=Boise Cascade Corp: 10K Annual Report|accessdate=2006-07-05]

One major competitor of Grand & Toy is Staples Business Depot.

Products & Services

*Office Supplies
*Interiors
*Technology
*Professional Services
*Paper
*Print & Copy Centres

Brief History

*1882 - Company founded in Toronto
*1895 - Toronto head office established on Wellington Street
*1926 - First retail store opened at 332 Bay Street, Toronto (closed 1981)
*1955 - Head office moved to Don Mills
*1962 - First computer installed
*December 1964 - First million dollar month
*November 1987 - First 20 million dollar month
*June 1990 - Cara Operations Limited acquires G & T
*February 1996 - Boise Cascade Office Products acquires G & T
*May 1998 - Vaughan, Ontario distribution centre & Toronto branch opened
*2003 - Boise purchases OfficeMax
*2004 - Boise divests paper and wood products manufacturing and building materials distribution businesses, and renames itself OfficeMax
*2007 - Grand & Toy celebrates 125 years in business
*2008 - Grand & Toy launches DHL shipping centers at all of their retail locations across Canada. [cite web|url=http://www.bc.com/index.jsp|title=Boise Cascade Home Page|accessdate=2006-07-05]

External links

* [http://www.grandtoy.com/ Grand & Toy]

http://grandandtoy.com/sites/green/default.aspx

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