Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada, the United States and parts of Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
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| Public[1] | |
| Traded as | TSX: HBC |
| Founded | London, England 2 May 1670 |
| Headquarters | 8925 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | Helena Foulkes (CEO) Richard Baker (Governor & executive chairman) |
| Revenue |  C$5.223 billion (2014) |
| C$258.1 million (2014) | |
| Total assets | C$12.23 billion (2018) |
| Owner | NRDC Equity Partners (48%) |
| Divisions | Galeria Kaufhof Home Outfitters Hudson's Bay Lord & Taylor Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH |
| Website | www |
Hudson's Bay Company Media
Rupert's Land, an area that encompasses the drainage basin of the Hudson Bay
Trading at an HBC trading post
Depiction of the capture of York Factory by French forces in 1694
Depiction of an Indigenous woman wearing a Hudson's Bay point blanket, c. 1850
Depiction of the Battle of Seven Oaks, a violent confrontation between HBC and the North West Company during the Pemmican War
Currency issued by the Hudson's Bay Company, 1820
HBC officials in an express canoe crossing a lake, 1825
A section of a map showing the routes explored during the Palliser expedition
Map of British North America in 1870, prior to HBC ceding Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to Canada
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References
- ↑ Spears, John (17 October 2012). "Hudson's Bay Co. to go public again". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/business/article/1272792--retailer-hudson-s-bay-co-files-for-initial-public-offering-of-shares. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ Cassell's Latin Dictionary. The two different Latin words for skin or leather must be translated accordingly in English by the use of two different words of roughly the same meaning, denoting an exchange
- ↑ Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1986 (Latin Vulgate Bible)
- ↑ As translated in the King James Bible
- ↑ "What does your motto 'Pro Pelle Cutem' mean?". HBC Heritage FAQ. Hudson's Bay Company. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Rich, E. E. (April 1961). "Manitoba Pageant: Pro Pelle Cutem, The Hudson's Bay Company Motto". Manitoba Pageant. 6 (3). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
