HBC - Fashion Company Profile
HBC was the 1670-chartered Hudson's Bay Company in its corporate form - for a decade a North American and European department-store group running Hudson's Bay, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5TH and Lord & Taylor - until creditor protection in March 2025 and liquidation closed the business in 2025. Its record is kept here as history.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Closed - HBC spun its U.S. luxury assets into Saks Global in 2024, filed for creditor protection in Canada on March 7, 2025, and liquidated; its remaining stores closed by June 2025 and the company was renamed in August 2025 to complete the wind-up
- Type
- Was private at the end (taken private in 2020; previously listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2012-2020)
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- May 2, 1670, by royal charter - long described as North America's oldest company
Company Profile
This page is therefore a historical profile, with no shop box and no official-site button: the corporate record - the banner portfolio, the e-commerce sites, the European groups and the growth formula of its period - is kept in full on the history page. The Canadian store chain itself is filed separately, beside this page, as Hudson's Bay Company.
Around the three leading banners historical descriptions list the wider estate. Home Outfitters is described as a kitchen, bed and bath superstore with locations across Canada. Four e-commerce sites are named: thebay.com, lordandtaylor.com, saks.com and saksoff5th.com. In North America the leading banners are given as Hudson's Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH, along with Home Outfitters. In Europe, the filing adds GALERIA Kaufhof, described as the largest department store group in Germany, and Belgium's only department store group, Galeria Inno. The group, in other words, is filed as a transatlantic department store operator, not only a Canadian one.
HBC History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
HBC History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What happened to HBC?
HBC spun its U.S. luxury assets into Saks Global in 2024, filed for creditor protection in Canada on March 7, 2025, and liquidated; its remaining stores closed by June 2025, its brand intellectual property was sold to Canadian Tire, and the company was renamed in August 2025 to complete the wind-up.
Which retail banners did the HBC record name?
Hudson's Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH in North America, plus Home Outfitters, and GALERIA Kaufhof and Galeria Inno in Europe, as the record of its period lists them.
When was HBC founded?
In 1670, by royal charter; the record describes HBC as the oldest company in North America.
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