Canadian entrepreneur to launch new dwelling retailer format in defunct BBB shops
Toronto – Goodbye to Mattress Tub & Past Canada. Hiya to Rooms + Areas.
Following the dissolution of Mattress Tub & Past’s Canadian operation final February, Canadian entrepreneur Doug Putman has acquired 21 former places and can launch a brand new dwelling retailer chain known as Rooms + Areas.
Earlier than going out of enterprise over the winter, BBB’s Canadian division operated 54 Mattress Tub & Past places and 11 buybuy Child shops.
“The creation of a brand new dwelling model was a pure addition to my retail portfolio, which now gives consumers with the whole lot they want throughout the infant, toy and residential classes,” he stated.
Putman’s retail portfolio contains Toys”R”Us and Infants”R”Us Canada, Dawn Data, Alex Manufacturers (together with Alex Toys within the US), T.Kettle, and hmv within the UK, amongst others.
The brand new dwelling retailer format will provide housewares, dwelling textiles and residential décor. Will probably be led by Greg Dyer, the previous basic supervisor of Mattress Tub & Past Canada. The primary 10 places are slated to open in Ontario this summer season.
The shops will likely be situated in former Mattress Tub & Past and buybuy Child places within the following cities:
British Columbia:
- Kelowna: Orchard Plaza, 1540 Keehn Highway
- Langley: Langley Metropolis Sq., 19860 Langley Bypass
- Vancouver: 1740 West Broadway
- Victoria: Mayfair, 775 Finlayson Road
Alberta:
- Calgary: Brentwood Village, 3630 Brentwood Highway
- Calgary: Chinook Station, 306 Glenmore Path SW
- Edmonton: South Edmonton Widespread, 2021-98 Road NW
- Edmonton: West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 Road
Saskatchewan:
- Regina: Grasslands, 4855 Gordon Highway
- Saskatoon: Preston West, 1709 Preston Avenue North
Ontario:
- Belleville: Bell Entrance Buying Centre, 366 North Entrance Road
- Cambridge: Smartcentres Cambridge, 70 Pinebush Highway
- East Gwillimbury: Inexperienced Lane Centre, 1-18126 Yonge Road
- Kitchener: The Boardwalk, 225 The Boardwalk
- London: Westwood Centre, 3325 Wonderland Highway
- Richmond Hill: Bayview Ridge Buying Centre, 225 Excessive Tech Highway
- Stittsville: 5487 Hazeldean Highway
- Stoney Creek: Heritage Greene, 1783 Stone Church Highway East
- Whitby: Thickson Ridge Energy Centre, 1650 Victoria Road East
- Woodbridge: RioCan Colossus Centre, 67 Colossus Drive
Newfoundland:
- St. John’s: The Village Buying Centre, 430 Topsail Highway