Winners

Winners is a Canadian off-price discount retailer that mainly sells clothing, they are currently owned by TJX Companies (T.J. Maxx.)
== History ==
David Margolis opened the first Winners location in 1982 in Toronto, ON, Canada. Since off-price retailers didn't really exist in Canada at the time, Winners quickly expanded. The off-price strategy is when a company buys overstocked goods directly from the manufacturer, this means that the selection from the store can change around a lot as different things are overstocked and the prices can be lower than other stores. 
In 1990, T.J. Maxx was looking to expand into the Canadian market, they saw that Winners had a similar concept and store size to them, so they took the opportunity to buy Winners. 
With the help of TJX, Winners began to expand throughout all of Canada in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2001, TJX started opening Winners / HomeSense combo locations. These stores were modeled after American T.J Maxx / HomeGoods locations. In the same year, Dylex (Owners of BiWay and other Canadian retailers) went bankrupt and sold off their various retail companies. One of these was Labels, which was a failed rip-off of Winners. TJX bought Labels and turned most of the stores into Winners or HomeSense locations. 
Winners continues to operate in Canada as TJX's main Canadian retailer, they are very successful and continue to open more stores across Canada. 
==Locations==
Main Article: Winners/Locations
== See Also ==
* TJX Companies - Their Parent company since 1990
* T.J. Maxx - The American version of Winners
* HomeSense - Sister company to Winners
* Marshalls - Sister company to Winners
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