Laura

Laura is a Canadian clothing store that is headquartered at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the chain operates over 140 locations across Canada.
==History==
Laura Wolstein, created the Laura brand in the year 1930, the first location that opened was in Montreal, Quebec, a second location for the chain did not open until 1973 where a location opened at St. Laurent, they then began expanding across Quebec, in 1989 Laura began opening other brands under the Laura name, which includes Laura Petites, Laura Plus, Laura Superstore and Melanie Lyre. During the 1990's, Laura began expanding outside of Quebec with locations in Ontario and then eventually Western Canada, during the late 2000's, Laura would also begin expanding into the Maritimes, by July 2015, Laura officially filed for creditor protection, they would later leave creditor protection but this would result in many locations closing down, they filed for creditor protection again in 2020 but they again left it, as of today, Laura continues to expand as one of the largest Canadian clothing brands.
==Locations==
Category:Retailers
Category:Clothing stores
Category:Women's clothing stores
Category:Mall clothing stores
Category:Companies
Category:Franchises
Category:Brands
Category:1930 establishments
Category:Companies founded in Canada
Category:North America
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