Agnew-Surpass Shoe Stores Ltd. was a Canadian shoe retailer.[1]
Agnew Shoes was founded in Brantford, Ontario, in 1879, and merged in 1928 with Surpass Stores. In 1962 the chain was acquired by American firm Genesco,[2] and in 1987 it was sold to a numbered company controlled by former Bata Shoe executive Michael Graye.[3] Despite being the largest chain of shoe stores in Canada, the chain went bankrupt in 2000.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Kidd, Kenneth (28 January 1987). "Vancouver investor wins control of Agnew Surpass". Toronto Star. ProQuest 435544781. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Company Detail". Canadian Corporate Reports. McGill Digital Archive. 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Genesco sale to include Agnew Surpass chain". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, Peter (19 August 2000). "Agnew Group files for bankruptcy protection". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Agnew Shoes shuts all 223 stores across Canada". The Globe and Mail. 18 August 2000. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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