La Maison Simons

Infobox_Company
company_name = La Maison Simons
company_
company_type = Department stores Private
company_slogan = Offrir.
foundation = 1840 (Created in Quebec City, Quebec
location = 20 Côte de la Fabrique Quebec City, Quebec
key_people = Peter Simons, John Simons
industry = Retail
num_employees = 1,800 (2006)
products = Twik
Contemporaine
La Guêpière
La Lingère
Le 31
revenue =
net_income =
homepage = http://www.simons.com/

La Maison Simons is a fashion retailer in Quebec, Canada.

History

La Maison Simons was founded by the Simons family in 1840 in Quebec City, and is headquartered in that city. The store began operations as "Simons House", but retail operations began in 1889. Now a chain with seven stores in Quebec, it is currently headed by Peter Simons. [ [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/companies/article.jsp?content=20050926_70881_70881 "Canadian Business Magazine"] ]

Operations

The chain consists of seven stores throughout Quebec including:

* Laval (Carrefour Laval)
* Montreal (Saint Catherine Street) in the former Simpsons building.
* Quebec City (Old City, Place Ste-Foy, Galeries de la Capitale)
* Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (Promenades St-Bruno)
* Sherbrooke (Carrefour de l'Estrie)

It also has business offices in London, Paris and Hong Kong.

Cultural

La Maison Simons made a gift to the city of Quebec for its 400th anniversary. It is a fountain that has been restored and imported from France, where it was located in Bordeaux's allées de Tourny, named after Aubert Tourny, a French intendant remembered for his contribution to the beautification of Bordeaux, Quebec City's sister city. The fontaine de Tourny, which was constructed in the mid-19th century, won a gold medal at the Paris world exposition of 1855. As of April 2007, the fountain was being installed in front of the Quebec provincial legislature. [ [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=hansard&mee=33&parl=38&ses=1&language=E&x=1#T1105 Hansard] ]

In August 2008, the retailer was forced to withdraw catalogues after complaints its models were too thin. [cite news |title=Quebec retail chain pulls catalogues over too-thin model photos |url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=edb27dd5-e897-4415-83de-b8cff5e59fb9 |work=Ottawa Citizen |publisher=canada.com |date= 2008-08-27 |accessdate=2008-10-01 ]

References

ee also

*List of Canadian department stores

External links

* [http://www.simons.ca/ Official site]