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Towers was a Canadian Discount Department Store chain owned by the Oshawa Group , a now-defunct grocery retailer and distributor. HISTORY The first store was opened in 1960 in Toronto (at the corner of Lawrence Ave. East and Midland Ave.). Each selling department within a Towers store was operated as a licensed concession. Some Towers/Bonimart stores offered services such as restaurants, photo labs, and pharmacies within the store. Some stores were also paired with an IGA grocery store. In Quebec , Towers was known as Bonimart. In 1990 , Towers/Bonimart's 51 stores were purchased by Zellers for $181.5 million, and converted to the Zellers name or closed. The Bedford Place Mall location in Bedford Nova Scotia was converted to The Bay and then later a Zellers store. The flagship store in Toronto is now a Zellers store. Tower's jingle: "At Towers everything connects - the last day of one sale is the first of the next". "Extra Special For Your Family--Towers." "You made us part of your family at Towers." Towers mascot was an animated squirrel named Sparky. At the time of the Zellers buyout, print ads featured Sparky arm-in-arm with Zellers bear mascot, Zeddy. ''See also:'' List Of Canadian Department Stores |
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