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42 - Friday, January 21, 1994 ~ North Shore News

Woolco to turn Wal-Mart |

as retail giant moves in

North Vancouver store one of 120 in purchase deal

CAPILANC MALL’s Woolco store is tentatively slated to become a Wal-Mart retail out- let sometime in carly March.

By Kate Zimmerman Contritiaing Writer

Wal-Mart. an American-based discount giant, made a deal Jan. 13

to buy approximately 120 af the 142 Woolco stores across Canada from Woolworth Canada Ine.

The deal must be cleared ty the federal government. Woolworth Canada spokesman John Berrington did not disclose the cost of the deal,

Berrington. speaking from Tor- onto Woolworth’s main office. said Woolco employees are not expect- ed to fuse their jobs.

Gerry Campbell, Woolco store

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

AMERICAN-BASED Wal-Mart discount retaiier recently bought most of the Canadian Woolco chain, including the Capilano

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fame at Capilano Muth scitd te understood the Wal-Mart stores here will operate as a Canadian division of Wal-Mart,

Woolco opened tts doors ar the Marine Drive location in 1867, 11 was a flagship store of Capilano Mall. The Capilane Mail Woolco store cmploys 150 peuple.

Zellers district manager Car! Kennedy said Zellers is looking forward to a new competitor, dont think there will be any change ith our strategy as far as offering value, quality and dhe lowest price.” said Kennedy.

Wal-Mart stores number more than 2.000 in the United States. The company is based in Arkansas. Woolco stores in Prince George. Troik and Williams Lake were not part af the Wal-Mart deal.

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